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to have their name on the listwas asked to contact the clerk. Website The parish council had been working on the development of a new website.
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Police maers PCSO John Boyd reported there had been no crimes during the month, but two ASBOs had been issued. Report The annual parish report had been printed and delivered across the parish and copieswould be posted on the village noticeboard. Gypsy site Planning permission had been granted with conditions for amobile home, touring caravan and dayroom for one gypsy/traveller family on and rear of The Meadows, Lenham Road, Headcorn. Planning Problemswith the new Mid Kent
AWALLET containing cash, cheques, cards and documents was stolen from a blue Vauxhall Astra van in Church Road, Otham. There was an unsuccessful aempt to
break in to a home inMurrain Drive, Downswood. AMitsubishi Canter tipper truck, registration GN58 LZC containing a load of metal ducting and other items was stolen from Ashford Road. Two saddles, two bridles and two martingales were stolen from a building in Scragged Oak Road, Detling. Intruders tried to break in to a building
site in Caring Lane, Bearsted, but ran off when disturbed. An M-registered Ford Transit van was seen in the area at the time. Agreen Kawasaki KT250 dirt bike, a
blue Yamaha PW80 off-road bike and a yellow Suzuki quad bike were stolen from the garage of a home in Bimbury Lane, Stockbury. Orange electricity cable was stolen from
the South EastWater pumping station in Boom Pond Road,Wormshill. The tow bar was stolen from a silver
Land Rover Discovery in the car park of The Harrow pub in Lidsing. Awatch, computer equipment and cash
were stolen from a property in Lenham Road, Harrietsham. Three people who may be suspects were seen driving off in a black Peugeot 206. Agrey MG, registration GFX 900E, was
stolen from Station Road, Harrietsham. Two Raleigh cycles and a pressure
planning support shared service had caused a big backlog ofwork. However, despite reservations, the new system appeared to be easy to use. Picnic tables Two round picnic tables and one lier bin would be purchased for the recreation ground, subject to costs. Plaque Itwas agreed to buy a plaque to be placed in the village hall to celebrate the generous contributions and years of service to the parish by the Tassell family, particularly Stanley and his father, Jesse. The familywould be contacted regarding the wording. Bollards The concrete bollards by the village hallwere discussed. Health and safety issues had been previously raised as there was a danger ofwalking into one in the dark. However, this could be avoided by operating an internal switch before opening the hall door. Itwas decided the bollard by the doorwould remain and the
broken one along the path would be removed with the stump evened off to prevent accidents. The chairman of the village hall commieewould be contacted regarding puing up a notice to make users aware of the switch. Village hall path Itwas agreed therewas a potential health and safety issue where the path had subsided and created a step. Quotes would be obtained for this part to be re-cemented and made even. Warmemorial The inscription panels had been cleaned and the new plinth and inscriptions had been added. Itwas now looking extremely good. The clerkwas to check whether itwas possible to claim grants forwork in retrospect. Lier The clerk had requested a lier pick from KCC for Chegworth Road. This had still not been done and the requestwas upgraded to urgent.
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washer were stolen from a shed in the garden of a property on Detling Hill, Detling. Anumber plate was stolen from a blue
Audi A4 parked in Maidstone Road, Lenham. Jewellery was stolen from a property in
The Street,
Boxley.Asuspicious vehicle, possible a Toyota Hilux, was seen in the area at the time. Oil was stolen from a tank in a garden in
Warren Street, Lenham. There was an aempted burglary at a property in Harp Farm Road, Boxley. Jewellery was stolen from a property in Hockers Close, Detling. Garden equipment was stolen from Bearsted Golf Club,Ware Street, Bearsted. Ahouse inWestmorland Road, Shepway, was searched and cash was stolen. Eight bicycles and a chainsaw were
stolen from a garage in Caring Lane, Bearsted. Copper strips were stolen from a caged
area of the SouthernWater site in Fairbourne Lane, Harrietsham. Amobile phone was stolen from a bag
which was placed in a shed on an allotment in Lower Street, Leeds. AFlymo lawnmower, a rotavator and protective clothing were stolen from Sandy Lane,
Boxley.Awallet and cash
were taken from a white Mercedes Sprinter van on the driveway of a home in Church Lane, Harrietsham. Ablack VW Golf, registration BT63 FSF,
was stolen from PodkinWood, Boxley. Ablack bicycle which had been chained
to a lamppost was stolen, together with the securing chain, in Holland Road at the junction with Hedley Street, Maidstone. Alarge quantity of jewellery and other
items were stolen from a property in Chegworth Lane, Harrietsham. Power tools, including chainsaws, leaf-
blowers, strimmers and hedge cuers were stolen from Bearsted Golf Club,Ware Street, Bearsted. Acase containing keys was stolen from a
Land Rover Defender parked in Firs Lane, Hollingbourne. Diesel was syphoned from two agricultural vehicles in Coldharbour Road, Oerden.
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CONFLICT continues in Harriet- sham after the parish council told a pressure group it will no longer minute public debate at its meetings. The council has been blasted by Harrietsham Against Reckless De- velopment (HARD), which has launched a series of attacks at the au- thority’s apparent encouragement of large housing proposals in the vil- lage – the latest for 40 homes off Court Lodge Road. Aspokesman for the group said:
“We understand the parish council is under pressure, and don’t like us
challenging its plans, but closing down communication is not the an- swer.” James Hailes, from Harrietsham,
wroteonthe group’s Facebook page: ”One would have thought that the obvious solution to complaints would have been to agree to record all questions and answers from the public. “It’s only a 15-minute session so it’s
not much to ask.However, they de- cided todoentirely the oppositeand stop recording public questions alto- gether. I’mdumbfounded as to how
this answers the criticisms or demonstrates that the council is con- ducting business transparently. These people are utterly infuriating.” It follows a decision in July by
parish councillor Ken Kay to stand down after amonth on the council. The HARD supporter, from West Street, said he had conflicting views to the parish council about housing proposals in the village. He said he had hoped to “chal-
lenge theexpansionist strategyof the parish council”. Instead,heclaimshe was asked to sever links with oppo-
nents to plans for nearly 300 homes in the village. Aparish council spokesman said:
“We always made a record of the public discussion; it is only in the last two meetings that this has stopped because whatever was recorded, Harrietsham Against Reckless De- velopment found issue with. “Toavoid upsetting the group fur-
ther the full parish council took the decision to stop making a record of the public discussion at the expense of the majority of Harrietsham resi- dents.”
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