News Plan progress
MARDEN’s Neighbourhood Planis to be submittedtoMaid- stone Council. The next stage of getting the
plan ratified follows the formal consultation on the final draft in July, which drew “excellent feedback”, according to the parish council. It says amend- ments have nowbeenmade to the plan and once the neigh- bourhood group is happywith the updates, itwill go off to the borough council. The neighbourhood plan
aims to better inform the bor- ough council as to whereMar- den would prefer to see development andinwhat form.
Christenings
FAMILIES gathered in Head- corn to celebrate the birth of three youngsters and to wel- come theminto the church. Frederick Bowen, Rachael
Phillips and Isabella Brown were christened at three sepa- rate services in St Peter and St Paul’s church. In another serv- ice, Richard Francis was con- firmed.
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Eco village plan ‘could easily fund relief road’
THE offer to fund a relief road fromthe proceeds of an “eco vil- lage” in the heart of Kingswood remains on the table, says one of the people behind the scheme. Tens ofmillions of pounds could
be realised through the project, whichwouldinvolve the construc- tion of 900 houses on the site of a tree-growing business. A by-pass could cost up to £75mto build. FarmerRob Schroeder (pictured)
is considering submitting a plan- ning application ahead of Maid- stone BoroughCouncil’s reviewof its Local Plan in 2021. MBCmay have to find roomfor
another 7-8,000 homes on top of 17,600 contained in the Local Plan. The need for yet more houses
without roads to cope with the traffic will once again put Liberal Democrat-run MBC under the spotlight for choosing “modal shift” as itsway of dealingwith an estimated increase of 30,000 cars with the first tranche of houses.
Modal shift will encourage peo-
ple to ride bicycles, walk or take buses rather than use their cars. Mr Schroeder said: “Maidstone
Borough Council is living in cloud cuckoo land if they think people will take non-existent buses, ride a bike orwalk up theM20. “Ourproposal couldfunda relief
roadeasily.Wewill consider anap- plicationwhen the call goes out.” Mr Schroeder and neighbour
Keith Cook own 120 acres off Gravelly BottomRoad and are the brains behind Eco Build Partner- ship UK. The scheme would pro- vide retirement homes, rural dwellings and 50 business units at Broomfield Park. A new by-pass would see the
widening of Burberry Lanewith a roundabout at Park Barn Road to access the development, while the road would turn sharply to the right, cross the B2163 and emerge on the A274 somewhere near The Potting Shed. Martin Round, who sits on
MBC’s planning committe, said: “There is no official call for sites at present but there may well be by March orApril next year. “Iwould saywewould be look-
ing at a fewof thosemore innova- tive, larger or radical solutions whenwe put out that call for sites because I would imagine we will have to look at some innovative and radical solutions.”
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