downsmail.co.uk Labour backing Scarab
Dear Sir –As Labour councillor for Fant, I recently visited the Scarab factory in Marden and saw an excellent manufacturing industry which contributes large sums to our local economy every year.
However, its future expansion plans are
being damaged by the restrictions of its current site. The firm has four separate buildings which do not allow for an efficient production line. This is why I and the Maidstone Labour
Party support Scarab in its desire to move to a new site,Waterside Park, near M20 Junction 8. The Labour group on the council has been encouraging the larger parties to work to enable a sensitive development to proceed at Junction 8. If allowed to relocate, Scarab will be able to expand to create more quality jobs which Maidstone needs, and reduce the need for all its raw materials and finished goods to be driven through Maidstone and on local rural roads. The current plan for the development at Junction 8 offers Scarab the opportunity to move and expand on a site which is fit for its purpose, but also has designed into it significant environmental mitigation measures. These include giving the public access to a three-hectare space and giving long-term protection to a further seven hectares of new woodland. No plan can entirely eliminate any
A ROYAL Albert 12-piece tea set, a cigaree album and a toy collectionwere stolen from an outbuilding Hunton Hill, Hunton. Bags of compostwere stolen from a farm
shop in Yalding Hill, Yalding. A person gained access to a property in
Chart Road, Suon Valence through a gate. The ownerwas there and disturbed the intruder so nothing was stolen from the address. A fence to a fieldwas damaged, allowing
some horses to stray to a neighbouring field in Vicarage Road, Hunton. Wheel trimswere removed from a
vehicle parked in Sherway Close, Headcorn. A mobile home in a caravan park was damaged through vandalism in Hampstead Lane, Yalding. A parked vehicle had its four wheels
taken in Howland Road, Marden. Equipmentwas damaged at a play area
in North Street, Headcorn. A carwas seen driving past a vehicle in
Well Street, Loose. People were heard shouting and then somethingwas thrown at the parked car, causing a window to smash. A motorised lawn mower and other garden equipmentwere stolen after an outbuilding break-in in High Street, Headcorn. A shedwas broken into and various tools
were stolen in Chart Hill Road, Chart Suon. Various itemswere stolen/damaged
when people gained access to a barn in Peens Lane, Boughton Monchelsea. A vehiclewas parked on a driveway in
Well Street, Loose. When the ownerswent to it they found two large holes in the rear passenger window. No accesswas gained but damage had been caused.
impact on a greenfield area, but this one tries its best to do so. I would urge local communities to engage in discussions with Scarab to see the benefits it brings to our borough. Cllr Paul Harper, Labour councillor for Fant
more hassle than others accessing Choose and Book. Lenham surgery bought a new computer system a while back, and it doesn't interface with Choose and Book. You can get your own choice of hospital but frankly, you have to be very very pushy to get it through Lenham surgery. If I hadn't noticed on NHS Choices that it
says this is a "legal right" I might have been cowed into not bothering by their aitude. Name and address provided
Decision will keep sky dark
Dear Sir – What depressing news you have to report concerning the environment (Downs Mail, April). Firstly, KCC intends to light up the sky
Dangerous drain
Dear Sir – This damaged drain is on the main Loose Road opposite the speed camera travelling towards Suon Road. If a motorbike or bicycle hit this it could
cause a terrible accident. The council should repair the roads instead of paying out redundancy. Jim Burnham, by email
A difficult choice Dear Sir – I read on your Comment page in
the last Downs Mail (April) that the Kims hospital is open to all via the NHS Choose and Book service. Well, it might be, but some of us have
again because of a few protests. Many of us love to look up into a dark sky and see the stars without all the light pollution. Could Downs Mail find out if there has
been an increase in crime and accidents between the hours of 1am and 6am since the lights have been turned off? Secondly, what a lot of publicity given to
a few protestors with a vested interest against the proposed Great Pagehurst solar farm.We need to provide as much green energy as possible for the future. Most of the people in Staplehurst live on estates and only have a view over other houses, but because they do not actively back such schemes it is wrongly assumed we are all Nimbys. Bryan Collins, Staplehurst
NeighbourhoodWatch
Working to reduce crime. Call Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 or local police The rear number plate was stolen from a
vehicle parked in a driveway in Orchard Close, Coxheath. A security camerawas taken from outside a property in Lower Road, East Farleigh. Fencing to a fieldwas cut down to gain
entry to a neighbouring property in Grigg Lane, Headcorn. The window of a car parked on a grass
verge in Salts Lane, Loosewas smashed. Nothing was taken. A brown/green mountain bike was stolen
from a school bike shed, to which it was chained, in Heath Road, Coxheath. A suspect aempted to gain cash from a person using threatening behavior in Benover Road, Yalding. Two youths took a mountain bike from
an open garage in Church Street, Loose. The youthswere both described as white, in their early teens and about 5ft 10in tall. A fence to a property was damaged in Bramley Court, Marden. A scaffolding towerwas stolen from outside a home in Longend Lane, Collier Street. A wooden gate and a garden ornament
were stolen from a home in Maidstone Road, Marden. Electricity cablewas stolen from a pole in
the road in Kenward Road, Yalding. Therewas a break-in at a property in
Thorn Road, Marden. A fencewas damaged by someone on a bicycle in Benover Road, Yalding. Baerieswere stolen from a barn in Howlands Road, Marden.
A handbag left beside a car in a car park
in Longend Lane, Collier Streetwas later found to be missing. Oilwas sprayed over awall at a building
site in Goudhurst Road, Marden. Plant equipment was stolen from a building site in High Street, Staplehurst. A fence and a light were damaged in Bramley Court, Marden. Therewas an aempt to break in to a garage in Bathurst Road, Staplehurst. Five large gas boleswere stolen from a property in New Barn Road, Suon Valence. A garage was entered in Surrenden
Road, Staplehurst but nothing was taken. Several old tractor baerieswere stolen
from a field at a farm in Brishing Road, Langley. Chickenswere stolen from an outbuilding in Clapper Lane, Staplehurst. A ropewas damaged on a bridge in a
park in North Street, Suon Valence. An outbuilding was broken into Maidstone Road, Staplehurst and garden equipment including two lawnmowerswas stolen.
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