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Flats scheme for injured veterans
TWO blocks of apartments for wounded, injured and sick service- men and women are to be built on allotments behindRoyal British Le- gion bungalows inAylesford. The site off Hermitage Lane will provide 24 homes with either one or two bedrooms, a shared central gar- den and car parking. Landowner Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) has been given ap- proval by Tonbridge and Malling Council for the scheme on a 0.7 hectare plot. Planning consultant Clague said
RBLI had been reviewing its overall housing requirements and had found a pressing need to accommo- date ex-service personnel who are not in need of care. The land at Her- mitage Lane would be large enough to create “a small sustainable com- munity for veterans”. The three-storey buildings would
be designed in keeping with the ar- chitecture of the nearby bungalows. The apartments would be pre- dominantly for single people offi- cially classed as wounded, injured or
sick, and designed with large enough rooms to ensure access for all and able to accommodate chang- ing personal circumstances. Clague said it was intended that
the shared gardens would “provide a space where veterans can find sol- ace and calm, community and spirit.” The site is close to the Royal British Legion Village and Preston Hall on the opposite side of the London Road and tonewretail development where work has just started. The ex- isting access drive to the rear of the bungalows would be retained as a private street and allotments relo- cated to make way for the new homes.
Tonbridge and Malling Council’s
report said the site remained a rela- tively tranquil location behind the frontage of bungalow development. It said: “This location close to several amenities and transport routes would however seem appropriate for relatively small scale accommo- dation linked to the main RBLI site and its associated community.”
downsmail.co.uk Fellowship for Grayson
THE Salvation Army Major, Grayson Williams, who piloted Maidstone Churches Winter Shelter, has been ho- noured by his Rotary club with its highest award – a Paul Harris Fellow- ship. Grayson, a member of the Rotary
Club of Maidstone for six years, helped build in 2013 a team of Maid- stone church volunteers and other helpers to provide night shelter, food, company and advice to homeless people sleeping rough in the town. Last winter the scheme was ex- panded to cover a longer period and help more homeless. Grayson is retiring from the Salva-
tion Army after 34 years and is mov- ing with his wife to the south coast.
Grayson Williams received the award fromthe President of the Rotary Club of Maidstone, William Perry
Town shelters more homeless
A TOTAL of 77 homeless peoplewere supported by Maidstone Churches Winter Shelter, 25 more than in the previous year. This included 55 overnight guests compared with 32 in 2013/14. The annual report shows the seven churches in the scheme shared the re- sponsibility of providing beds, sleeping bags, food and hospitality. The churches were: Salvation Army, United Reformed, Baptist, St Michael and All Angels, Methodist, Quaker and St Luke’s. This year the shelter offered 15 beds for a 12-week period (including Christmas) compared with 10 beds for eight weeks last year. Twenty of the shelter guestswere aged from 25 to 34, 12were from 35
to 44, 12 were aged from 45 to 54, seven were 18 to 24 and two were 55 to 64. Mental health problemswere a key cause of homelessness, with al- cohol, drugs, physical health and relationship breakdown also figuring.
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