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KCC leader backs plan for community centre
KCC leader Paul Carter has pledged to back an ambitious plan to turn a goods yard at Bearsted Station into a community hub. The county council is reviewing
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its library service – including Bearsted Library – and the current building, a former school with its adjoining headmaster’s house, is in a state of disrepair. The parish council has failed in its
efforts to open negotiations with goods yard owners Network Rail and the site has been designated for housing in Maidstone Council’s emerging local plan. The council believes it could ac- commodate 40 homes. However, parish councillor Jon Hughes believes the site, which in- cludes the grade 2 listed goods shed and weighbridge house, could be sympathetically developed to pro- vide a parish office, community cen- tre, tea room and art gallery. It would also house the library and provide much-needed parking. He said: “We have tried speaking
to Network Rail, but as a parish council we are too small. However, if KCC was to take this on board, it
He said the library could be housed in a smaller, more modern unit, which could accommodate a reading club for young people. If the site were to be vacated, the
land could be sold for one or two houses. He said: “We are looking at all
could be an exciting opportunity.” Cllr Carter said: “It is extraordi-
nary that nothing has happened on that site. We have been trying to take it forward for a number of years.” Cllr Hughes believes the parish
clerk and/or a deputy could also act as a part-time librarian, enabling the library to open for longer hours. The KCC leader said he had been
to look at the property and said: “We have been looking at various options – doing nothing is not one of them.”
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ideas and if there is an alternative lo- cation,we are happy to take a look.” But he assured:“We are determined to keep a library in Bearsted.” The goods yard measures 0.5 hectares and stretches from its en- trance next to the station, behind housing inWare Street. The railway line runs along its northern edge. Although Bearsted has four com- munity centres, only one has the ca- pacity to hold 150 people in its largest room and two have very lim- ited parking. The Bearsted and Thurnham Soci-
ety has expressed concerns to Maid- stone Council about the site being allocated for housing and believes it needs to be tested for subsidence. However, it does not expect de-
velopment to occur any time soon as BMG construction has a five-year lease on the site.
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