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bring in clientele who would then spend money in the town – not in the villages on the periphery.” The proposed hotel would sit next
Five-star spa hotel plan for town Actor behind
Continued from page one “This would plug that gap and
to listed Grove House, the first per- manent base for Catholic worship in Maidstone. However, the school- house was added later and carries no listing. Mr Parkinson insists: “The loss of
the original school building would, inmyopinion, cause harm to the sig- nificance of the Grade II listed build- ing of Grove House by removing an important feature of the overall in- terest of the site as a complex of RomanCatholic Church, presbytery and school, the earliest example of such in Maidstone.” Andy Davy, chairman of One Maidstone, said: “One Maidstone feels that this development would deliver some much-needed en- hancement to the area and that the
the dream CIARAN O’Quigley opened Mu Mu 24 years ago. The main restaurant tops the
An artist’s impression of the Mu Mu Hotel, planned for Brewer Street
proposal makes good use of cur- rently disused and derelict proper- ties.” Parish Priest Canon Luke Smith
says he believes the hotel would be an asset to the town and that the agreement being drawn up between Mr O’Quigley and the diocese would be beneficial to all concerned. Planning committee chairman Cllr
Clive English and Cllr David Naghi are among members who want to see the application discussed in full
“It will give a ‘wow’ factor and a much-needed point of interest to visitors who will be stepping off the
train to walk in to town” Maidstone Cllr Dave Naghi
committee, so that the tourism and regeneration impact can be consid- ered. Cllr Naghi said: “The scheme fits
in perfectly with the regeneration of that end of Week street and Maid- stone East station. It will give a ‘wow’ factor and a much needed point of interest to visitors who will be stepping off the train towalk in to town. " Mr O’Quigley said: “It’s simple.
We want to take dilapidated build- ings that are a complete eyesore and embarrassment to the county town and turn them in to this luxurious hotel and spa, which will help draw in people from all over Europe. “It will be five-star luxury at three-
star prices.We are hoping to have a bit of London chic here in Maid- stone.”
league table for places to eat in Maidstone on Trip Advisor while the Cabaret Restaurant has been voted number one in Kent. The actor has starred in a number of films including A Bunch of Amateurs, a comedy co-written by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop, starring 70s movie monster Burt Reynolds, Derek Jacobi and Imelda Staunton. More recently, he has appeared in Keeping It Up, This Is Jayde: The One HitWonder and The Blazing Cannons. He has just finished playing
the role of a barrister in a feature film entitled 1603, about genocide in Iraq.
If approved by Maidstone Coun-
cil, construction is expected to take about months.
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