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Concert and tree festival
THE Rotary Club of theWeald of Kent presents itswinter concert in Headcorn on December 8. The Christmas-themed concert
Anotherincursion at Larkfield park
will be performed by Ashford’s Invicta Singers at the village hall in Church Lane from7.30pm. Proceeds will go to Headcorn
Patient Participation Group and local Rotary charities. Tickets are £10 and include a
glass of wine. They are available from Headcorn Delicatessen, SweetWilliamthe florist and Rod Davis on 01622 843938.
Festive events
TRAVELLERS have moved back onto a popular park in Larkfield for the second time in six months. The families - in five caravans -
DECEMBER will be busy for Fa- ther Christms, with Headcorn holding its street fair and the church itsChristmas Tree Festival. The festival, from noon on Fri-
day, December 8 to Sunday, De- cember 10, will
include a
Christmas Market from 10am on the Saturday, and a Christmas singalong at 4pmon the Sunday. In theHigh Street, on Saturday,
December 1 there will be a visit fromSanta, his reindeer and stalls fromnoon to 5pm.
pulled on to Gighill Green in Lunsford Lane on Sunday October ,, releasing dogs on the popular public open space and setting up washing lines within hours. It is un- derstood the fami- lies in- volv ed have been offering tree felling services to residents in the area. Parish council chairman David Thornewell says more has to be done to stop the travelling com- munity running circles around the police and local councils. He says the job ofmoving on trav-
ellers for a second time will run into thousands of pounds The last inci- dent, in early summer, costing the parish council £1,200, with the trav-
Flats plan on site of curry house rejected
PLANS to demolish Coxheath’s popular curry house, the Spice Lounge, andreplace itwithapart- ments for older people have been rejected by the council. Brothers Anhar and Akbor Ali
ellers simply moving on to take up temporary residence elsewhere in the area. He said: “They just seem to be
submitted the scheme earlier this year, saying the business inHeath Roadwas seen by localsmore as a takeaway than a restaurant. Now they are to submit new
planswith revised specification. Their application was to knock
down the existing building and re- place it with 14 residential units aimed at the over 55s. Maidstone Borough Council’s
planning officers felt the scheme wouldhave anunacceptable visual impact on the village. The businessmen were due to
doing the rounds. These incidents have affectedWest Malling, forcing the closure of the village hall, and Leybourne, and now they are back in Larkfield. The police told resi- dents that this was a civil trespass when they reported it and that they couldn’t do anything and obviously the council offices were closed be- cause it was the weekend. These travellers know and play the sys- tem.” The council’s legal team served an eviction notice but it took aweek to enforce. Cllr Thornewell held talks with Laddingford Engineering in an effort to increase security further on the public land, near the M20. Valdemar Kalinin (pictured), of
meet planners on November 22 to discuss newproposals. AnharAli toldDownsMail: “We
listened to the objections and we arepreparing
freshplans.The new scheme will be contained on two
the National Gypsy-Traveller-Roma Council said recently that local councils must provide designated traveller sites or “tolerated zone” which gypsy convoys can move onto. He said: “It comes down to racial prejudice against this com- munity.”
storeys, not three, and the parking will be at the rear andnot the front. “We’ll be pleased to hear any
input from the council, and then resubmit the plans after that.” Coxheath borough councillor
Richard Webb said that he was “pleased” the scheme had been re- jected, adding: “As far as I was aware, there was nomassive need for apartments of this kind. “In fact, there is capacity in the areawhich is not being used.
storey building was too high for ‘Spooktacular’ at the farm
MAKE the most of the October half-term holiday at Kent Life Heritage Farm Park’s Halloween Spooktacular in Maidstone. Brave kids are invited to the vintage village to knock on doors and
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Cllr Lottie Parfitt- Reid and left, Anhar and Akbor Ali
the people who might be living there. These places tend to work bestwhen they are on one floor to make access easier.” Fellowborough councillorLottie
discover who – or what – is lurking behind them from October 21-31. The award-winning attraction at Sandling, near Maidstone, has a few
other tricks up its sleeve to turn its usual exhibits into frightening farmhouses and horrifying homes. Youngsters can try pumpkin carving, dressing up and the Ugly Bug Ball. On October 25, there will be more spooky goings-on with Kent Life
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Parfitt-Reid said: “I do have very grave concerns of loss of a local amenity. “One wouldn’t want anyone to
After Dark, This event includes a spine-chilling tour suitable for under-eights from 5-6pm and, for older visitors, from 7-8pm. “IIfwas alsoworried that a three- 763936.
run a business they don’t want to run, but there is no demand for more retirement homes in the vil- lage and perhaps we need to be thinking about ways to encourage younger people to live here.”
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