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Flats plan for old policeHQ
THE site of Kent’s original police headquarters looks poised to be re- developed as offices and flats. Wren’s Cross, at the junction of
Upper Stone Street and Knightrider Street, has been a blot on the town centre landscape for a number of years. Itwas vacated by the police in 1940, when the force moved its headquarters to Sutton Road. The property has been boarded
up as it has fallen into increasing disrepair, with large sections of the roof now missing. Kent County Council, which
owns the property, has been trying to sell the site for some time and has been in negotiations with would-be developers including supermarket companies and house builders. Last year, it was rumoured a fast
food outlet or supermarket was to be built on the site. Now Geko Development Ltd has applied for listed building consent to demolish many of the buildings – but not those which are listed – re- placing them with 76 flats. Sixty-six of the flats will be built in
a five-storey block, while the bar- racks building will be converted into four more flats. Another block will house the remaining six flats. There would be two three-bed-
room flats, 49 two-bedroom flats and 25 one-bedroom flats. There would also be 80 parking spaces for residents. The remaining grade II listed building would be turned into offices and a workshop. Maidstone Council will decide
the plan. Heater sparks house blaze
AN electric heater left on at a house in Coxheath was responsible for causing a blaze, according to the fire service. Firemen tackled the fire on the ground floor of the property on Hunt- ingdon Road. A thermal imaging camera and positive pressure ventila- tion fanwere used to detect the fire and drive out smoke and fumes. Aservice spokesman said later: “Therewere no reports of any injuries.
The fire is thought to have been caused by an electric heater, left on while the occupierwas out of the building, causing furniture to ignite.”
downsmail.co.uk Running for air ambulance
A GROVE Greenmumis to run a half-marathon to thank the air ambulance for saving her son.
Louis Parvinwas just two
when he suffered a fractured skull when a wardrobe fell on
him.Now aged four, he has made a full recovery. HismumKaylie (27), a
hairdresser fromMaidstone, is to run the PaddockWood half marathon on April 3. She believes the air ambulance’s vital role in treating and airlifting Louis to King’s College Hospital in London, in April 2013 saved his life. Kaylie can be sponsored
at
www.justgiving.com/K- PARVIN/.
Charity ceilidh for civic farewell
THE retiring Mayor of Maidstone is hoping for the luck of the Irish when he holds his farewell dinner. Cllr Daniel Moriarty and his niece, mayoress Shirley Moriarty, have plumped for a lively Irish night, complete with ceilidh the day after St Patrick’s
Day.The dinner, in aid of Ellenor hospice care and The Alzheimer’s Society, is at the Mercure Maidstone Great Danes Hotel, at 7pm on Friday, March 18. For tickets priced £37.50, which includes a three-course meal, call 01622 602183. Cllr Moriarty’s reign as mayor ends in May.He is due to be succeeded by Cllr Derek Butler.
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