News Pair are jailed
TTWO shoplifters have been con- victed of stealing goods from stores. Anthony James Bashford was sentenced in June at Medway Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to shoplifting. In May, the homeless 42-year-old
stole a TV worth £290 from a su- permarket in Mills Road, Ayles- ford. Magistrates sentenced Bashford to 90 days in prison, sus- pended for 18 months. He must also pay £490 in costs. Douglas Frankham , 29, pleaded guilty to at- tempt shoplifting and two counts of shoplifting. Magistrates sen- tenced Frankham to 120 days in prison. He must also pay a £115 victim surcharge.
Tile thieves
A MAN from Maidstone and an- other from Chart Sutton are due to appear in court following the theft of tiles from a roof in Lenham. Lee Davenport (23) is charged
with criminal damage, theft, and possessing cannabis and Joe Lee (22) with criminal damage and theft following the incident at a de- serted building in Lenham Heath Road, Sandway, on July 19. Lee, of Ivans Field, Chart Sutton,
has been bailed to appear at Maid- stone Magistrates’ Court onAugust 2 and Davenport, from St Michael’s Road in Maidstone, onAugust 19.
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Warehousing scheme on the A20 is refused
PLANS for a massive complex of warehouses off the A20 near junc- tion eight of the M20 has been re- jected. Development of a large tract of
land at Woodcut Farm – more than 46,000sqm –was supported by Maid- stone Borough Council (MBC) offi- cers but elected members refused it. There had been anger that the de-
velopment – which is part of the local plan – had been put before the plan- ning committee before the govern- ment inspector had a chance to ratify or comment on it when his inquiry starts in October. MP Helen Whately had said she
was “outraged” the councilwas try- ing to rush through four major pro- posals in one evening in the “turbulent” aftermath of the Brexit vote. The otherswere large scale de- velopments for housing on or near the Sutton Road close to the Langley Park homes. Council officers argued theWood-
cut Farm scheme – comprising 15 units of varying sizes - would bring economic and employment benefits to Maidstone, especially with its
close infrastructure links. Borough councillor Eddie Powell argued that the nearby Waterside Park proposal had been unsuccessful because of its proximity to an area of outstanding natural beauty. Wood- cut Farmwas even closer. Hewarned there would have to be “serious civil engineering” on the A20all thewayto Grove Green to ac- commodate the “juggernauts com- ing off this piece of land”. Cllr Gill Fort, for Leeds Parish Council, said the development would create extra traffic in the vil- lage, disruption during construction and damage the environment. Borough councillor Val Springett
said: “The
harm...to the countryside in this location will be enormous and
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warehouse-type development is to- tally inappropriate in this rural set- ting.” Cllr Paulina Stockell was con-
cerned the applicationwas taken out of the local plan before the inspector had made his observations. Cllr TonyHarwoodsupported the scheme as housing developments were “springing up all over Maid- stone” but not the employment spaces to match them. MBCofficers argued itwould have
been “unreasonable for the council to refuse to determine this application on the basis of waiting for the local plan to be examined”. Councillors narrowly rejected the Roxhill Devel- opments scheme by seven votes to six.
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