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downsmail.co.uk Outcry over plan for 36 homes
A STRING of objections have been raised to a proposal to create 36 homes in the Loose Valley. Millwood Designer Homes has lodged a planning application to build on two hectares of country- side north of Cripple Street, bor- dered to the east by Broadoak Aveue, Buxton Close, Richmond Way and grade II-listed Bocking- ford Farmhouse. Immediately to the north, an out-
line application was submitted in November last year by Chailey Homes for 65 houses in Postley Road, next to TaylorWimpey’s 127- unit Hayle Park development cur- rently being constructed.
A TEAM of students fromCornwallis Academy held a tea party for residents of Sutton Valence Care Home to help raise awareness of dementia and Alzheimer’s. Therewere performances fromthe
Margaret Preedy Dance School and Cornwallis arts award students, as well as bingo and a raffle. Mayor Cllr Richard Thick attended
with themayoress Rosanne Thick. The school hosted the event with
Several residents have left nega-
tive feedback on Maidstone Coun- cil’s website. Stuart Ashwell, from Richmond Way, wrote: “The site forms part of the picturesque en- trance to the LooseValley, the foot- path forming a barrier between urban sprawl and the natural en- trance to the valley. Building on this land would detract from the local scenery. “The land is part of a green corri-
dor between the Hayle Farm devel- opment and Lancet Lane. To lose any part of this would encourage more development and end the natural flow of the landscape.” Brenda Coleman, of Richmond
Pupils invite residents to tea
Voluntary Action Within Kent to host the event. Year 13 student Rebecca Hubbard said: “Itwaswonderful to spend the afternoon with our special guests and share stories.” Students had been planning the
tea party since before the summer holidays and this termwere all trained to become dementia friends. A spokesman for Sutton Valence
Care Home said: “Wewere made to feel truly special and pampered.”
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Way, wrote: “I strongly object on the grounds of further loss of green space, loss of privacy and the im- pact on roads, overcrowding and also the lack of improved facilities to cope with further houses, eg doc- tors, dentists, schools and nurs- eries.
“This development will also fur-
ther change, for the worse the na- ture and feel of the local area.” The proposal includes the re- alignment of Cripple Street and a new site access. Millwood says it has listened to feedback from consultation events and reduced the number of homes from 70 to 36. Its supporting state-
ment says the development, which would consist of 30% affordable housing, would include “informal open spaces together with en- hanced landscaping”. There would be amixture of two,
three, four and five-bedroom homes. Should Maidstone Council’s planning department recommend the scheme be accepted, borough Cllr Derek Mortimer has called it in to be determined by the planning committee. He wrote: “Traffic on local roads and junctions are at ca- pacity and no measures are pro- posed to mitigate even further traffic onto local roads.”
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