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nowout of date. Dog fouling The clerkwould liaisewith CllrMarshallwith regards to repairing the dog fouling notice at the entrance of MillenniumGreen. Chairman’s report CllrWard thanked everyone for their helpwith the Parish Assembly,which had excellent guest speakers and presentations.However, he had received a complaint about the event, including the length of speeches. The clerk would respond, butwanted to confirmthat the rafflewas important because it raised money for the refreshments at the assembly,which is free to visitors. Police report The report for themonth before themeeting showed 10 crimes; several thefts fromHGVs at theM20 services; a�empted theft of a Land Rover Defender inAthelstanGreen; a damaged fence in Tilefields; a digger stolen froma garden in Eyhorne Street; several break-ins at outbuildings in the Tilefields area; an excavator stolen fromthe area between StationApproach and thewarmemorial. Defibrillator The defibrillator and the storage box had been installed on the outsidewall of the school, so both ends of the villagewere nowcatered for. The equipment had been registeredwith SECAMB, and the codewas known by a handful of village residents. Itwould be given to the 999 callerwhen the equipment was needed. Li�er picking Following the success of the li�er pick day, residents had expressed an interest to carry on thework regularly. Dateswould be confirmed. The parish councilwould investigate the costs of equipment. Pond CllrMarshallwas investigating the cost of an excavator to empty the pond on MillenniumGreen. The pondwas dry at the time, but the planwas to restore it to its former glory. Bench CllrWard had received an email froma resident concerned about the disappearance of the Eyhorne Street bench, between StationApproach and thewar memorial. The benchwas in a bad state of repair andwould be replaced closer to StationApproach. CllrGartenwouldmake inquirieswithMBC about the provision of a bench and a bin at the entrance of


APUBLIC housewas broken into and cashwas stolen inAshford Road, Bearsted. Someone a�empted to drain fuel from


two trucks parked on an industrial estate in Revenge Road, Boxley. They did not manage to take any fuel but damaged the filler caps in the a�empt. Awindscreenwiperwas damaged on a


car parked in SharstedWay, Bearsted. Alawnmowerwas stolen froma cricket


club in PilgrimsWay,Detling. Number plateswere stolen froma


Toyota RAV4 inManor Close, Bearsted. Agenerator and scrayfierwere stolen in


PilgrimsWay,Detling. Aconcrete statuewas taken fromawall


at a house inWeavering Street, Thurnham. Itwas found broken in a lane nearby.


Pupils of Hollingbourne School defied the weather and danced around the maypole when the sun shone


Village fete hit by weather


AFTERmonths of hardwork, Hollingbourne fete committee drewthe curtains on showday to torrential rain. A faithful few braved rain and winds at the 1pmopening by JimFindlayMBE, and some


arena events had to be cancelled. But by 2pm, the sun came out, brining people to the- Lance Memorial Playing Field. Unfortunately, heavy rain returned, with the event ending early. Next year’s event is scheduled for June 6.


MillenniumGreen. Zipwire CllrDr Bauer askedwhether the zipwire in the playground had a maximumweight notice on it. Investigationswould bemade. M20 barriers CllrO’Meara had been advised byHighways England that itwas unlikely that themetal barrierswould be removed beforeOctober. Finger post Three quotations had been supplied for the replacement of thewhite finger post at the top ofHollingbourne Hill.Acompetitive price had been sourced and itwas agreed to accept this. Twinning The Twinning commi�ee had nowbeen dissolved as there had been no word fromTempleuve sinceNovember 2018. Funds in the bank accountwould be returned to the parish council. Thiswould be ring-fenced for any possible rebirth of the twinning arrangement. CllrWard advised Cllr Cobbe� to hold fire on any formal termination of the relationship.


Leeds


Elections JohnGove�was re-elected chairman and Bob China vice-chairman. Police report Tools had been stolen froma shed inUpper Street; a registration plate had been taken froma vehicle inWykeham Grove; petrol had been taken froma


vehicle in Lower Street. Regular patrols were being carried out,which seemed to be minimising incidents. Therewere no reports of antisocial behaviour. PlayingfieldThenewchildren’splayareawas upandrunning,andaccesswasviathegate facingthepavilion.The tennis court surfaces hadbeentreatedformoss. Street lightingThe light inBurgessHallDrive hadbeenrepaired.Thego-aheadhadbeen grantedtorenewcolumn31 (infrontofLedian Farm)due tosignsof corrosiononthebase. DefibrillatorThishadbeenorderedand wouldbe locatedontheoutsideof the sports fieldpavilion.Asecondonewas tobe consideredinthe schoolpremises.


Lenham


Officers Itwas agreedthatCllrGreenwood be electedas chairman.However,hewished tonote thathewouldonly stay inthepost until theneighbourhoodplanwasmade and adopted. Itwas agreedthatCllrWalmsley be electedas vice-chairman. NeighbourhoodplanreportMembershad askedformore cooperationfromMBC officers inprogressing theplanandsought clarificationregarding funding contributions for educationandhighways provision from S106 and CILmonies.


NeighbourhoodWatch


Working to reduce crime. Call Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 or local police Two hanging basketswere stolen from


outside a house in FilbertWay,Otham. Abuilding sitewas entered in Faversham


Road, Lenham. Several out buildings and one of the houseswere broken into and toolswere stolen. Three le�erswere stolen fromoutside a


house in PeverelDrive, Thurnham. Windowswere broken in a showhouse


at a building site inGore Court Road, Otham. Someone broke into a pharmacy in


DeringwoodDrive,Downswood. Both number plateswere stolen froma


SuzukiWagon-R parked in LenhamHeath Road, Lenham. Avehicle parked inHorwoodWay,


Harrietsham,was broken into and a laptop was stolen. Abuilding sitewas entered in The


Paddocks, Lenham. They forced entry to buildings and stole equipment. Askipwas stolen in PenfoldHill, Leeds.


The skip firmconfirmed they had not collected it. Someone broke into a building site and


stole fire extinguishers in RaynersHill, Lenham.


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