Villages Facing Huge Expansion Schemes
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downsmail.co.uk Maidstone East Edition Maidstone & Malling’s No. 1 newspaper Maidstone Weald Edition downsmail.co.uk FREEMaidstone & Malling’s October 2017 No.No. 246 1 newspaper NewsFREE NovemberPanto 2019 ahoy! Kate,No. 107,271 dies THE cast of Cinderella, which is to be KATE Hart, a resident at an old staged at the Hazlitt Theatre in Maid- people’s home in Bearsted, stone, took to the River Medway to hasN ediedws aged 107, her son 3 launch this year's panto. David has disclosed. On board The KentishCo Ladym mwereent: Say NO to more homes national treasure RustieTHER ELeeis a(Fairygrowing rebellion over Maid- ders how much more the borough – both Molly gets a gong Godmother), formers tEastEnderone’s hou sSte-ing and population growth urban and rural – can take under crumbling MP’sULCOM LocalBE resid ePlannt Mol lbidy Poul- fan Booth (Prince Charming),with the pe Eliza-ople starting to seriously vocalise roads and creaking services. HELENter ha sWhatelyreceive daskedher Btherit ish beth Bright (Cinderella),their disq uiCraiget. He calls on Maidstone and its MPs to back governmentEmpire Me dtoa lhaltfor theserv ices Anderson (Buttons) and,In a pictured,specially-extended Mail Marks, the borough’s rebellion. borough’sto the co mhousingmunit yscheme.. 43 Stephen Richards andDow nAdams Mai lBor-President Dennis Fowle won- Turn to page 46 zone (Ugly Sisters) . They were greeted by pupils from PlansSpice forLo uDrng Nigele back South Borough Primary School and A MUCH-loved Coxheath curry THE widow of GP Dr Nigel Minnet members of the media. The panto house has re-opened for will walk the Grand runs from December 1-31. For tick- the run up to Christmas. Canyon for charity. 125 Vets go toi www.hazlitttheatre.co.uk.llages facing huge JasonTake tDonovano the hill sdate A RESPECTED parish clerk has THE former Neighbours star brings decided to leave her beloved vil- his show to the Hazlitt lage for the hills of expansion schemes Theatre next May. 18 CCTV call in a bid southern India. 6 THIS is how Marden and Staplehurst look with dozens of housing Village bake-off schemes put forward in the borough council’s “call for sites” process. YOUNGSTERS took part in a This map, contained in Maid- bake-off challenge in Headcorn tostone Borough stopCouncil’s secret list fly-tipping to raise money for the of potential land plots, but ob- local school. 8 CALLStained by forDow thens M installationail, clearly of CCTV cameras to prevent fly-tipping on a shows the scale of the proposed countrydevelopmen roadt. have been made by the local borough councillor. Memorial plan fury PLANS to move the town’s war BurberryThere has Lane,alread neary bee Leedsn mass andive nearby, more than a year after it unlicensed waste carriers, but be- memorial to make way for a Broomfield,opposition to hasa 2,0 been00-ho targeteduse plan byin was dumped and set on fire. lieves the cost to small firms of dis- 14-storey block of flats wasteMarde dumpersn and m forore years,than but200 inre re-si- The church car park has also seen posing of construction waste at a Obituaries 32 has caused uproar. centdents months,turned o theut fo problemr a publi hasc me be-et- many instances of illegal dumping. transfer station is proving a deter- 26 comeing Ch morearing acute.Heath on October 14 But it is a problem in many rural rent that is costing councils more. Parish Councils 34-35 toConstructionoppose a 5,00 waste,0-unit rubble,“garden hardvil- areas including Langley, Otham Cllr Fort made her remarks as Obituaries 34 core,lage” windowson Lenha andm H householdeath. fur- and Kingswood. Water Lane in one of the borough’s closest trans- ASH dieback has been discovered in nitureLibe isra leftl De illegallymocrat- –ru oftenn MB strewnC has Bearsted and Pilgrims Way have fer stations at North Farm, Tun- MonksPar ishMeadowes in Detling36-3;7 inref theused middleto mak ofe t thehe l road.ist public until also been targeted recently. bridge Wells, announced it will be Hollingbourne village fete stall- holderTHEF Tco-ordinatorS, yobbery Jeanand oDuffyther has NCllrovem Gillber Fort4. said: “Every month Last year, Maidstone Borough closed for 10 weeks. resigned;crime we yellowre high lineslight eared a neededgain in weTh areere havingare sites toilets,of varyi sinksng size ands at Council cleared 911 cases of fly-tip- She added: “If you go along the forHe Buffkynadcorn ;Way, conc Othamerns we, rtoe eallowx- construction waste dumped in the ping and this year more than 163 line of increasing fines, they have to Staplehurst, Marden Thorn, Mar- busespress ethroughd in Lo oImperialse abou tPark; ove rrub-- village, specifically in Burberry have been recorded since April. be enforced. A reduction in the den, Cross-at-Hand and Milebush. bishhan gbinsing tinre ethes; th esports vice chfieldairm inan Lane, where we are now thinking The approaching darker evenings charge or offering it free may have John Perry, Staplehurst borough Kingswoodof the pariaresh ctoo ubenc movedil at Su overtto nto of installing cameras on private willsubm promptissions a riseof s inite illegals and tipping.a lot of thebod desiredy can p similarut anyt effect.”hing in. I recog- councillor and critic of MBC’s theVa lpicnicence areastep panded drearow nexit.; wild them are speculative.” nise that this is very sensitive. Nat- land,house to-b overseeuilding thepro problemgramme, area.”said: Cllr Fort welcomed a joint initia- A three-monthly litter pick on the flowers would be planted at suit- A recent event in Burberry Lane tiveCl bylr P theerry Environment, the Tory opp Agencyosition urally, I and my colleague Louise “I am constrained from what I can mile-long stretch of road through Crimeable loc aReportstions in St a p l e h urs35t. saw a caravan burned out while a andlead theer, a Driverdded: “ andAt th Vehicleis stage, Stan-any- Brice will defend our patch.” say but, to be honest, these are only Leeds village produces an average torched car remains on a footpath dards Agency to clamp down on 32 blackMBC sacksis alr ofea rubbish.dy committed to VEHICLESCrime haveRep beenorts driven over37 1Cllr7,60 0Fort,in th ewhoLoc aalsol Pla nservespasse dastw ao farmland in Lenham, causing parishyears agcouncillor,o but estim asaystes i t mteachingay have damgeA VAN into L incrops;ton w aans b rattemptedoken into childrento find s aboutpace f osocialr 10,5 responsibility00 more when break-inand a n uwasmb reporteder of pow iner Detling tools we; are andit is therev issueiewe dof. litter in schools will vehiclestolen ; wasa la wvandalisednmower w inas Bearsted taken helpTh takee au ttheho rissueity is offpla thenni nstreets.g to be Rd,ffro mWeavering the front ;g apumpkinsrden of a hwereouse Shethe believes“maste withr de everyvelop ehouseholdr” in the stolenin Bou gfromhton Manon challotmentelsea; me nin YOUR LOCAL PROPERTY EXPERT receivingLenham aH weeklyeath sc refuseheme collectionand is in- Lenhamfled whe. n they were disturbed [email protected] service,volved therein a niso tnohe rexcusein th eforc olitterunty stealing a motorbike in Coxheath. beingtown fthrownor a 14- stfromorey tovehicleswer blo ckor, Comment 46-47 01622 690290 23 Pudding Lane • Maidstone • Kent dumped in the road. Continued on page four Comment 46-47 HomeHome AlarmsAlarms suppliedsupplied andand fittedfitted visitvisit www.amiga.co.ukwww.amiga.co.uk oror call call 08000 199622199622 2 Maidstone Weald November 2019 downsmail.co.uk News Club night Molly picks up medal FANS of badminton are in- vited to make up the numbers on a Wednesday night. The sessions are held in the for community work Andred Hall, part of the vil- lage hall in Headcorn, from MOLLY Poulter has been 7.30-10pm. awarded her British Empire Headcorn Badminton Club Medal by Kent’s Lord-Lieutenant, describes itself as friendly and Viscount De L’Isle. keen to welcome those over 17 The 86-year-old, from Ulcombe, and familiar with the game. was recognised in the Queen’s For details call club secre- Birthday Honours List for commu- tary Sue Clarke on 01622 Molly Poulter nity work and public service. 891606. Mrs Poulter helped to secure the receives her £1.3m needed to build the Heart of BEM from Kent Hospice. Fund-raising took Viscount De Art for sale seven years, with the hospice, in L’Isle, Lord STOCK up on crafts and gifts Aylesford, opened by Diana, Lieutenant for Christmas at the arts fair in Princess of Wales in 1992. of Kent Headcorn on Saturday, No- For 50 years, Mrs Poulter has vember 2. been a leading member of village family’s lives. He still spends much time rais- Doors open at the village life, setting up the playgroup, his- The investiture was held at Pen- ing funds for All Saints’ Church, hall at 10am, with refresh- tory society and the friends’ group shurst Place. Guests of the recipi- and was the director of the choral ments available until the event for Ulcombe Church. ents were invited to attend to hear society for over 30 years. finishes at 2pm. Widowed Mrs Poulter has two short citations read by Deputy The Lord-Lieutenant congratu- children. Son Justin lives in Sutton Lieutenant Louise Bryant. lated the recipients for their dedi- Valence and his wife Eve is chair of Also receiving his award was Dr cated work on behalf of others. Lane closed Sutton Valence Parish Council. Andrew Ashbee, from Snodland. Others recognised by The Queen BT WORK will see Redwall Three years ago, Mrs Poulter Dr Ashbee is chairman of the in June were Maidstone auctioneer Lane in Linton closed between self-published a lengthy account of Snodland Historical Society and Clive Emson and former stockbro- the A229 and Lacey’s Lane on her life, entitled Of Such Things, was instrumental in setting up ker Jim Findlay, from Holling- Sunday, November 3.