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CHAIRMAN: BobHinderCLERK: Pauline BowderyASSTCLERK:Melanie Fooks ParishOffice, BeechenHall,Wildfell Close,Walderslade,ME5 9RU


Tel: 01634 861237 email: clerk@boxleyparishcouncil.org.uk Website: www.boxleyparishcouncil.org.uk Contact details for parish councillors can be obtained fromthe parish office, the Useful Contact Details leaflet or the website Schools plan


at exhibition THE parish councilwill be receiv- ing a briefing concerning the emerging proposals for the new primary and SEN schools on the Pope’s Field site, next to the Kent Medical Campus. The applicant is planning a


public exhibition for December 4, probably at theHiltonHotel, and the parish councilwill, once it re- ceives exact information, be pub- licising details via its community email system, Facebook andweb- site. Members attending the recent


public consultation on the work planned for theA249/junction 7 of theM20/ KIMS roundabout were extremely concerned that the rep- resentatives there did not seemto know anything about the pro- posed school development site, and the potential additional traf- fic thesewould attract.


Yellow lines


on their way KENT County Council’s high- ways department is to start the process to get double yellowlines painted at the junctions of the roads on ProvenderWay and also at the Franklin Drive and Har- vesters Way junctions on Grove- wood Drive South. Cllr Wendy Hinder said: “In-


considerate drivers are parking right on the junctions, and it is a nightmare for people trying to cross the road or for drivers exit- ing the roads, as their line of site is blocked.” The parish council is still wait-


ing to hear from the applicant of the STEM school as to whether they will voluntarily fund any road traffic order.


Newmember


AT THE parish council meeting on November 5, Mrs Patricia Huntingford was co-opted to the SouthWard vacancy.


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Remembering all the heroes of our parish


PARISHcouncillors andresidents attended the two Remembrance events held by the parish council onNovember 11. The two-minute silencewas held


at theBoxleyWarMemorial,which has recently had three names, F Dennis, R S V Hadlow and T W Sales, added to the roll of honour. ChairmanBobHinder (pictured)


laid a wreath on behalf of the parish and then invited everyone present to join himat a second cer- emony atGroveGreen. CllrHinder said: ”It is always an


honour to lay awreath at the Box- leyWarMemorial, but this year it was especially poignant with the commemoration of the end of WWI and the addition of three names to the honour roll”. The chairman thanked Tracey


Winter Biggs, who has been re- searching and tracing the records of ex-service personnel who lived within and just outside the parish. Again, residents joined parish councillors at Grove Green where


Homes plan proceeds


THE applicant for the 89 dwellings and bio-mass unit, which received planning per- mission at appeal in 2015, has submitted designs and plans to obtain full planning permis- sion. The parish council has


strongly objected to the pro- posals, reiterating its previous objections, but also pointing out that as there is no financial evidence that the submitted scheme will support a bio- mass unit, it should be refused on the grounds that its sustain- ability is unproven. The parish council and local residents have been fighting


Maidstone East December 2018


long and hard to stop develop- ment of the land, aswell as the destruction of Ancient Wood- land. Chairman of the Environ-


ment Committee, Wendy Hin- der, said: “If outline planning permission hadn’t been granted in 2015, then this ap- plicationwould not nowbe ap- proved by any planning inspector.” The parish council is hoping


that a recent change to the Na- tional Planning Policy Frame- work, which offers more protection for ancient wood- land, will supersede the out- line planning permission.


a plaque and trees commemorat- ing the endofWWIwereunveiled. Cllr Tony Harwood explained the significance of the two trees, an English oak and a Linden tree, commonly found inGermany. CllrHinder laida secondwreath


at the site andsaid: “The centenary has allowed everyone to recognise the carnage suffered by all people in war and it is right that the trees and memorial at Grove Green mark the loss of all lives in the GreatWar.” Thanks have been given to Cllrs


Vic Davies and Pat Sullivan, who donated and built the plinths for the plaques.


Traffic schemes


do not impress COUNCILLORS and residents at- tending the public consultation on the work planned for the A249/junction 7/KIMS round- about have reported they were not impressed by the scheme. They felt that all it seemed to do


was dealwith very local improve- ments, which would only push the probleminto the community. New Cut Road and Bearsted


Road have been identified as being vulnerable to additional traffic caused by the development planned for the STEM School, Maidstone Studios site,


the


schools at the Popes Wood site and large scale development just outside the parish boundary.


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