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‘Entrance is best option’
THE trust behind the new schools nearM20 J7, site owners, the planners and the local MP have sought to reassure the pub- lic the site is fit for purpose, de- spite loud objections. A spokesman for KentMedical
Campus said: “We have worked closely with the Department for Education in developing the plans for a newprimary and SEN school on land at Popes Field, which is adjacent to KMC. “It is our understanding that a
single accesswas themost appro- priate option for the school, in order for it to keep its pupils sep- arate from the businesses on the campus. “KentMedicalCampus has out-
line planning permission for 98,000m2 (1,000,000ft2) of class A1, B1, C2 and D1 commercial space. “Care UK will be the operator
of the care home – planning per- mission secured from MBC. And MBC has plans to deliver an in- novation centre on the site. “The land identified by resi-
dents as a possible alternative ac- cess point has planning consent for employment and medical use as part of the KMC enterprise zone.” At a public exhibition at the
HiltonHotel inMaidstone onDe- cember 4, LeighAcademies’ Trust deputy CEO Neil Willis was un- able to say he was sure the Bearsted Road entrance would work.
NeilWillis, deputy CEO of Leigh Academies’ Trust
When pressed, he said: “I be-
lieve the entrance is in the best lo- cation of the site we have been given.” Asked if the entrancewill be fit
for purpose, SimonMoon ofDHA replied: “Yes, absolutely.” MPHelenWhately,who fought
for the schools to be sited atKMC, said: “I have spoken to the school asking for assurance that theywill enable and encourage walking to school,which I think is really im- portant for health as well as re- ducing traffic. “My view is that the academy
and KCC will need to address concerns about access and try to resolve them.”
Care home plan for site
ANOTHER private health care provider is to operate a “step- down” home for the elderly on the medical business park at junction 7 of theM20. Care UK,which runs 119 facil-
ities in the UK, will run the homewhen it opens in 2020. It is next door toCygnetHealthcare’s 65-bed private unit whose pa- tients will include mentally-ill criminals and people with bor- derline personality disorders. The building will have 75
spaces for elderly people re- leased from hospital, but who are not quite ready to go home. As well as 100 new jobs, it will provide rehabilitation, respite, and dementia care on the Kent
Medical Campus (KMC) site. Care UK is currently building
20 care homes across the country. KMC chairman Tony Collins:
“The decision by Care UK, com- binedwith the recent opening of Cygnet Healthcare’s hospital, means that KMC will soon be home to two leading national care providers, as well as Kent’s largest independent hospital, KIMS. “The extent of Care UK’s col-
laborative business model with theNHS and public sector agen- cies nationwide is genuinely in- spiring, and we believe will enable commissioners to benefit from the range of services planned for the new facility.”
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