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Supermarket and stores agreed Floodlit games area planned Students help to clear park
A DISCOUNT supermarket, two non-food stores and a drive- through fast food restaurant at the junction of Hermitage Lane and the A20 London Road, Aylesford, have won planning consent. The site is next to Sainsbury’s su- perstore and the Quarry Wood re- tail park, which includes Homebase, Halfords and Currys PCWorld.
Tonbridge and Malling Council approved the joint application by Hawkstone Vale and Royal British Legion Industries to demolish the empty post office at 203 London Road and eight vacant bungalows built in the 1920s for disabled ser- vicemen from World War One, as part of the nearby RBLI Village at Preston Hall. Food store Aldi would take the
largest unit with 1,431sqm of floor- space, with two non-food retail units planned of 1,115sqm and 139sqm. The restaurant would have a ground floor of 288sqm and an upper floor of 228sqm, as well as drive-through facility. The development would face London Road and access would be by a new road off Hermitage Lane,
APROPOSAL has been submit- ted to install a multi-use games area (MUGA) and six floodlight- ing columns at South Park in Armstrong Road, Maidstone. The Maidstone Council scheme is being paid for by a Section 106 agreement relating to Fairview Homes’ develop- ment of 27 houses and 163 flats in Eccleston Road, Tovil, which was granted planning permis- sion in May 2005. TheMUGAwill cater for foot-
ball and basketball and will be linked to the existing skate park by a short disabled-friendly path. Floodlighting, which would operate at 10% of full ca-
pacity at night when theMUGA is not being used, would facili- tate activities between dusk and 10pm. A supporting statement said: “To bring floodlights up to 100% capacity users will use a push button located on one of the lighting columns. This will operate the lights at full capacity for 20 minutes before reducing back down to 10% capacity.” It is hoped the MUGA will
stop youngsters playing football on the adjacent hockey pitch, used by Maidstone Hockey Club, and encourage families and the disbled to use the facili- ties. The council will determine the application.
STUDENTS from New Line Learning Academy have been clearing a com- munity park near their school in Loose. Year 7 pupils from
the academy in Boughton Lane cleared undergrowth to make a path through a wooded area at Hayle Park Nature Reserve as part of the school’s annual Community Action Days. Dennis Usmar, from the Valley Conservation Society, thanked them
and said: “After the setback with the vandalism to the ragstone wall it is good that young people are prepared to help us. “They worked well clearing the wood and cutting back an overgrown
footpath besides Lower Crisbrook Mill Pond. They removed vegetation and rubbish to create a winding path passing a number of old trees.”
leading to parking for 130 vehicles and a rear service yard. Outline permission was granted
in 2008 for a single retail unit of 1,500sqm and parking for 60 cars. However, the applicants said a larger floorspace was now needed to make the development econom- ically viable. Key tenantswere said to be in place but, apart from Aldi, they have not yet been revealed.
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Maidstone Town October 2014
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