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Square ‘a focus for memories’


MAIDSTONE has a new square to commemorate the Fallen and mark the centenary of the start of World War One. Mayor of Maidstone, Cllr Richard


Thick, cut the ribbon on the town’s new Remembrance Square – by the cannon in the High Street – after a ceremony by the Dean of Maidstone Rev Canon Andrew Sewell. The naming ceremony followed


the traditional Remembrance Sun- day parade through the town, when the pavements were lined from County Hall and alongWeek Street as it made itsway to thewar memo- rial in the Broadway for 11am. Memorial artist and borough councillor Gordon Newton, from The Stone Shop at East Farleigh,was commissioned to design and fit the Remembrance Square plaque, with the borough crest and King George V’s quote: “I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace on earth through years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation ofwar”. After the ceremony Cllr Newton


Mayor Richard Thick at the ceremony in Remembrance Square


said he felt the square would give the town a focus to remember those lost in conflicts around the world. The last post was sounded and wreaths laid by representatives in- cluding the mayor of Maidstone. The naming of Remembrance Square coincided with the dedica- tion of a memorial at the town hall in Montauban, on the Somme. In 1920, the people of Maidstone


gave £20,000 to the village for a water tower to irrigate its fields and 1,000 apple trees were donated to help its recovery. The Stone Shop re- cently re-enamelled the lettering on thewater tower plaque.


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Bungalow plan agreed despite parking fears


PLANNING permission was granted for the erection of two semi-detached bungalows in the back garden of 3 Cripple Street, Maidstone, despite concerns about parking.


Objections were raised by resi-


dents of nine properties in Melrose Close, which the homes will front. James Murphy, who lives in Mel-


rose Close, said the scheme was an example of overdevelopment, while the Loose Residents Associa- tion said any parked vehicles would have to reverse out on to the road, causing a safety hazard. The Maidstone Council officer re-


port was criticised for defending the provision of only two parking


Tree infection


APROTECTEDhorse chestnut tree could be removed from the rear garden of 18 Westminster Square, Maidstone. A planning application,


which will be determined by Maidstone Council, says the tree may have canker infection.


spaces on the site by stating that the new residents “most likely will be elderly, disabled or those who wish to downsize [so] would generate fewer car movements per day com- pared with a family house”. Sean Carter, of North Loose Res-


idents Association, said: “This is pure conjecture. There is no telling who will live there.” However, because KCC had


made no objection to the parking situation therewere no grounds for refusal. Only one planning committee member, Cllr Ian Chittenden, voted against the scheme, with the major- ity of councillors backing the pro- posal.


Planning talk


TOVIL parish councillors recom- mended approval for a shop front and disabled ramp at World of Im- provements in Farleigh Hill. The final decision will rest with the bor- ough council. They also agreed that English Heritage should lead the way in deciding whether changes to the grade I-listed Abbey Gate Place in Stockett Lanewere acceptable.


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