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East Malling and Larkfield Parish Council Aylesford Newsprint Site
The outline application to redevelop the Aylesford Newsprint site has now been submitted to Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council.
It is proposed that the 44 hectares will be used for a mixed use development of 120,500square meters of employment space and up to 450 dwellings.
The site is a "brownfield " one within the designated urban area of the existing Local Plan and designated for employment land. The hard copies of the application consist of a planning statement plus others dealing with highway matters, flood risk; historic issues and a big
environmental report. It is suggested 180 "affordable homes" be included plus a possible school site and local centre. A lot of reading!
The applicants point to the fact that the borough council are in the process of adopting an updated Local Plan for the whole borough as the existing documents date back to 2007/8. In March 2014, the council accepted a report that an additional 650 homes per year are needed across the borough. This brown field site would contribute to this requirement.
The submitted documents indicate the plans include a
West Malling Parish
new bus route running through the site; upgrading the existing riverside path along the Medway, retaining the Millhall old mill pond next to the M20 with some open space, a noise fence along the M20 with tree planting; and plans of possible changes to the local roads. Among the proposals there could be a revised road layout where the existing access exists to Station Road and its junction with Hall Road and the Leybourne Way/Bellingham Way junction.
Chairman of the parish council, David Thornewell, said: “There is a lot of reading to do and as it is a brownfield site some development will take place. With the pressure for extra new homes we feel using part of the site for housing is reasonable and it will relieve the pressure to develop local countryside sites. We are however concerned the details are the best that can be achieved and especially the highway aspects which with all the development proposed in the area is of concern locally.”
Local Plan Review
The borough council’s review of its Local Plan setting out what
dvelopment, especially housing, should take place up to 2031 has now reached the first public consultation
LOCAL CONTACTS
Trudy Dean, Malling Action Partnership Chairman E:
trudy.dean@
kent.gov.uk T: 01732 843 119
Citizens Advice Bureau – T: 01732 440488
Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council main switchboard – T: 01732 844522
Travel Enquiries
Trains – T: 08457 484950
Nu-Venture Buses – T: 01622 882288
Arriva Buses – T: 0871 200 22 33
Pothole reporting – T: 08458 247800
Police - non-emergency T: 101
www.malling.org.uk
Council Remembrance
The annual Remembrance Service is on Sunday, November 13 preceded by a parade through West Malling starting at 2 pm. Following the service, wreath laying will take place at the memorial. Road closures will be in operation.
Police
The mobile police office has been discontinued in West Malling. Phillip Harrison, our PCSO regularly patrols the village and the public are urged to discuss any issues
stage. The council has published The Way Forward document which can be seen on the borough website and at local libraries or parish council offices.
Locally, the plan proposes extending the green belt out to West Malling by pass which would protect the setting of West Malling including Manor Park Country Park and Banks Meadows. We are however proposing to suggest a further extension eastwards to protect the countryside separating Kings Hill from West Malling, East Malling, Larkfield and Leybourne. This is to prevent them all joining up in the future in a conurbation.
In this respect the parish council supports the borough’s decision not to propose that all of Broadwater Farm be
they may have; he welcomes as friendly chat. To report non-urgent police problems always phone 101.
Contact
The parish clerk can be contacted on 01732 870872 during office hours or why not go along to one of the monthly meetings in the Village Hall in Norman Road? Full details of the meetings schedule are available from the parish office in the Clout Institute, 9 High Street, West Malling.
developed as suggested at the call for sites stage, but is still worried about the more limited proposals to extend Kings Hill northwards. It will be watching to see if the developers press again for the whole farm to be developed for housing.
A20 Highway Issues.
The parish council has been involved in the discussions of the traffic along the A20 between Allington and Leybourne. It is currently supporting a yellow box at the junction with New Hythe Lane in this parish and asks the Ditton crossroads be looked at to create a left hand lane into Station Road.
It has asked that the effects of opening the new bridge at Snodland be looked at as part of the review.
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