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COUNCILLORS overruled offi- cers and granted planning permis- sion for the erection of a single-storey home in Dean Street, East Farleigh. Officers from Maidstone Coun-
cil felt the development, behind Barker Cottages in New Cut, should be refused because it was outside the village envelope and therefore contrary to a countryside protection policy. But Cllr Ian Chittenden, who
led the calls for it to be allowed, said: “It is one house, it's low and it is surrounded by hedges.With a bus service nearby and a new foot- path into East Farleigh I don't think it is unsustainable at all.” The planning committee nar-
rowly voted in favour of the pro- posal, with six votes for, five against and one abstention.
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time I was a very different person, more interested in my friends.” Luke left St John’s Junior School in Grove Green for Cornwallis Academy. It was there, says the student – who has hopes of be- coming a univer- sity lecturer – that
downsmail.co.uk Home agreed Crime spree ends in jail
ASTRINGof crimes over five days has put a Sutton Valence thief be- hind bars for more than three years. Lee Cuthbert
(37) from The Harbour, Sutton Valence, pleaded guilty to four bur- glaries and three charges
of
shoplifting be- tween April 27
and May 31, when he appeared at Maidstone Crown Court. Cuthbert, who was sentenced to
three years and six months in jail, targeted a variety of homes and businesses across the Maidstone area, starting with a mobile phone and tablet worth a combined £700,
stolen from a pub in Bearsted. Three days later he distracted a woman who was in her front gar- den. While offering to do some work in exchange for cash, an ac- complice went into her house and stole a purse which contained bank cards and £5 in change. Later that day he tried to snatch a
purse from a handbag in the staff area of a fish and chip restaurant but stumbled and dropped it as he tried to quicklywalk out of the store. On Saturday, May 9, Cuthbert
stole £30 from a school accommoda- tion block and on SaturdayMay30, he stole goods worth £124.98 from a petrol station in Lenham. He re- turned the next day and took items worth £84.44.
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things began to change. He said: “The teachers were ex- cellent. They got me interested in science and the different processes behind how things work.” Luke’s hard work secured him
eight GCSEs, many atAgrade, and a Btec in business. He could have transferred to a grammar school at
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