News Quiz night
PUT your thinking caps on for a Wine and Wisdom evening in Leeds village. Teams of four to six can join the competition at the memorial hall from 7.15pm on Saturday, Novem- ber 23. Supper and wine is pro- vided, but please bring glasses. Tickets are £8, with money raised going to hall funds. Call Adrian on 07737 959983.
Whist drive
KINGSWOOD Whist Group is looking for new players. The group meets from 2pm until 4.15pm on Tuesdays, with a break for tea and cakes. A spokesman said: “We wel-
come players young and old, be- ginners or experts to our whist drive.” The group meets at Kingswood
village hall. Details from Mike on 01622 844272, or simply turn up.
Festive market
BEARSTED’s Market On The Green will host a Christmas Mar- ket on December 1. The market runs from 10am to 2.30pm.
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‘Children at risk’ from homes plan at church
CHILDREN will die if a scheme for 440 houses is approved in Otham, a councillor has warned. Councillor Gordon Newton (pictured) urged the council’s planning committee to consider the “children who will lose their lives” due to the hazardous loca- tion of the development in a country lane. Bellway Homes has applied for permission for 440 houses on land next to the 11th century St Nicholas Church in Church Lane. Cllr Newton said: “To put a car
park there is actually a criminal act. What is destroying the setting of that church is 440 houses.” “Cyclists, children and mo-
torists are in danger. It never should have been considered.” Sue Skipp, of Chapman Av-
enue, said the development is “not appropriate for its location”. She said traffic would get worse and the church estate would be “swamped”.
Cllr John Perry said he regret-
ted the site going in the Local Plan and described it as a “mistake”. Cllr Robert Eves said anyone
who believes surrounding roads, such as Spot Lane, where he used to live, would receive minimal impact from the development is “ignorant, naive and stupid”. Kent County Council objected
Cllr Malcolm McKay said:
“One car can pass at a time, but not a car and ambulance, not a car and a bus and certainly not a car and a fire engine or an HGV.” Chairman of the planning com- mittee, Cllr Clive English said the meeting was to decide upon the application for access points to the site and not the site itself. The scheme is already included
in Maidstone Borough Council’s controversial Local Plan.
to the application on the grounds of “severe worsening” of conges- tion to the local road network. A spokesman for Bellway Homes told the committee: “There has been extensive consul- tation with highways officers about the application. “We have been honest and open
throughout the entire process. We are making improvements to local issues such as improving the junc- tions and adding a car park for the church.” Councillors agreed to defer the matter for another time to “bot- tom out” remaining issues.
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