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Welcome Supporting role The past few months have been exceptionally busy at Kings Hill and I am delighted to say that the plans for the expansion of Liberty Square and restoration of the Control Liberty’s support of local Super fast broadband Tower are now well advanced and are outlined in this issue of the Newsletter. During organisations and clubs is the winter we opened up Warren Woods and created footpaths and woodland picnic areas and have also moved five mature trees to another part of Kings Hill to make in full flow and this year comes to Kings Hill room for the changes to Liberty Square. Details on these, and other stories, are the company will continue covered in this newsletter, which I hope you will enjoy. sponsoring the Kings Hill Openreach, the access network division of the BT Andrew Blevins Football Club, the David Managing Director, Liberty Property Trust UK Ltd, developer of Kings Hill. Group responsible for the Lloyd Tennis Academy deployment of the Architect’s impression of the new pavilion and the Kings Hill cricket company’s investment in teams. super fast fibre broadband, has recently confirmed that “As part of the Kings Hill the West Malling exchange Trees on the move community we are will be upgraded to provide Super Fast broadband by Five fully mature trees have delighted to be able to approximately September been moved half a mile help local organisations,” 2011. across Kings Hill to save
Heath Farm r of the ten cabinets serving already available at Kings Hill said Andrew Blevins. “We them from being felled when Revised plans for the Heath most recent concept ready for play for the Openreach has also advised Kings Hill will be included as from current suppliers: Farm sports facilities have illustrates five grass 2012/13 season. enjoy being involved and that the infrastructure will part of the rollout to allow work starts on the new now been lodged with pitches, one all-weather • Vfast developments around Liberty Proposals for the it is wonderful to know allow any communications the majority of residential Tonbridge and Malling pitch, a pavilion, parking Square. management of the provider wishing to do so to customers and small [email protected] c
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C Kings Hill Football Club, the playing field surfaces will be football club. t has large petal-shaped prongs which dig deep Costa comes One of the features that sets Kings Hill apart from other developments is the quality and maintenance of the environment, underneath the tree so that to Kings Hill which is the responsibility of the Kings Hill Residential Estate Management Company (KHREMC). It is run by Liberty but has when raised they will retain two residents as directors, one of whom is John West ([email protected]) and another is currently being recruited. their root system and root One of the high street’s Kings Hill Residential Estate Management Company Ltd can be contacted on 01732 870375 or e ball. [email protected] most popular coffee l They were moved from an shops opened in 1 Queen Kings Hill Estate Management Company Ltd, which is run on a similar not-for-profit basis to KHREMC, looks after the area adjacent to ASDA’s Street, Liberty Square commercial business park within Kings Hill. and is proving a great hit delivery bay and replanted with Kings Hillians. near the Kings Hill cricket s pavilion in an operation that Costa invested heavily in Office space enquiries: took all day. the shop’s fit out to create Caroline Binns a relaxing and stylish Log on for latest news Associate Director, “They had to be moved space with fresh, Marketing & Leasing because of planning contemporary décor and t: 01732 870375 conditions relating to the quality interiors with e: [email protected] The new website www.kings-hill.com has information on all expansion of shops, w comfortable leather sofas. restaurants and community On the move (clockwise from bottom right); the pine is loaded ready Liberty Property Trust UK aspects of the development – maps; the masterplan showing the facilities around Liberty for transport; making its way through Kings Hill; ready for planting at It opened last October 11 Tower View, Kings Hill its new location. The project was overseen by Liberty’s Susan Davies. and has become a West Malling scale of the development; latest news; links to the Kings Hill Square,” said Andrew popular meeting place for Kent ME19 4RL amenities such as shops, restaurant, surgery etc; Blevins. locals. “It has been a e “We didn’t want them to be great success and we are Commercial Property public transport timetables and information on enjoying being a hub of Management Helpdesk: cut down so we arranged for them to be moved near the the community,” said The sculpture being installed Tracey Lev’y/Senior matters that affect those living manager Matt Bion. “We Property Manager cricket pavilion, where we
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Each projects that Liberty and homes-for-sale-kent > Heath Farm > Costa comes to Kings Hill new range of food and Discovery Drive and Beacon view reveals different Kent County Council have drink.” www.kings-hill.com > International artwork > Dates for your diary Avenue. aspects of John’s work, commissioned for Kings Hill. June 2011 www.kings-hill.com • ISSUE THREE Long stay Road adoptions Kings Hill continues to be More roads at Kings Hill one of the county’s most have recently been popular business locations adopted by Kent County with deals having Council, which means the completed recently on County will now be office space for two Exciting times ahead responsible for the roads’ leading IT companies. maintenance. The list is Software company RDT One of the most exciting projects at Kings Hill at the moment is the expansion of Liberty Square and the restoration of the Control Tower. as follows: Ltd has renewed its lease Alexander Grove (part); on 4 Abbey Wood Road Bancroft Lane; Baxter where it is headquartered Around 300 people attended Way; Cardinal Walk; in the UK and where 31 a public exhibition of the staff are based – a Clearheart Lane; development plans, when Discovery Drive (as far as significant proportion of its Liberty’s managing director UK staff. RDT provides the school); Fortune Way Andrew Blevins, as well as (part); Hazen Road; insurance companies with members of Liberty’s staff Milton Lane; Regent Way software to support policy and various design team (part) and Tower View and claims administration experts, were on hand to and counts 15 of the major (part). explain the details of the insurance businesses as project and listen to residents’ Any issues regarding its clients. RDT introduced comments. these roads should be the UK’s first on-line directed to KCC insurance quotation “Liberty Square is ready for Highways Services on system in the 1990’s. phase 2 and the time is right 08458 247 800. IT company MTK Wireless for the retail and social Ltd, which is part of a amenities to be increased,” worldwide team said Andrew Blevins. “The developing RF multimode facilities will be used most by cellular transceivers, has those living and working here also renewed its lease on and so we felt it was its offices, which are in 30 important to engage with Tower View. Kings Hillians and ask what they thought of our ideas and "Despite the challenging what they wanted. property market we have continued to work with “The response was existing tenants to meet tremendous and mostly their changing business positive, and whilst there and related property were some concerns raised, needs,” said Caroline these will be addressed as Woodland Walks Binns, head of leasing and the design evolves. Some of This time of year is marketing. “We enjoy the proposals already have an relatively high occupancy Katherine Jenkins outline planning permission, perfect walking weather levels when compared to but we wanted to table our and Liberty recently other business parks in the ideas early on. The opened up 46 acres of South East. This is comments we received on native woodland for Kings testimony to the value for Dates for your diary the open day have been very Hllians and those living money occupational costs useful in finalising our plans, we achieve for our tenants nearby to enjoy. which are now with Tonbridge where we use the buying Be sure to keep Friday to Sunday June 24th, 25th Footpaths have been and Malling Borough power of the park to created through Warren and 26th free for a long weekend of fabulous music Council’s planning team.” secure competitive utility Woods, providing links to prices as well as other International star Katherine Special VIP packages are great music from Stacey, Included in the plans are existing public footpaths services. Jenkins and chart-toppers available which will give Bjorn Again, ABC, X Factor’s 20,000 sq ft of new retail which walkers can use to "As the recovery takes McFly will be performing at concert-goers privileged Ben Mills with his Simply Rod space; restoration of the get to East Malling, Control Tower; some hold we are ready to meet ‘Music on the Hill’ which is access, dedicated seating tribute and rising stars Some Andrew Blevins added: “We Cultural Strategy the cultural strategy which Teston and Wateringbury. housing; land set aside to rising demand for office being staged at Kings Hill in areas and top class food and Velvet Morning. Sunday will Control Tower of the pods as well as the formal rose garden and allow for the extension of the believe we have addressed Interwoven throughout the uses the Control Tower as its Picnic areas have also accommodation having aid of Demelza Hospice Care wines. also include children’s existing ground floor, and doctors’ surgery and this by creating two new expanded Liberty Square will inspiration. As part of our The Control Tower itself will lawns. been created and a secured planning for Children and The activities and entertainers, the other pod will be given permission for our next The fun will continue on landscaping with plenty of substantial car parks for be a cultural strategy that will proposals, we are looking for be fully refurbished, retaining detailed map of the area Children’s Development Trust. stalls, circus skills, and treats over to a variety of public- Further details of the phase of speculative Sunday 26 June with a places for relaxation. users of Liberty Square. manifest itself in many stories from those who know its Art Deco style, and there is available to download for all the family. imaginative and celebratory about Kings Hill’s past, and orientated cultural uses. development whilst having Katherine Jenkins will be Family Summer Sunday Concerns were raised by are plans for two cube- planning application at “This will create forms to reflect Kings Hill’s a choice of existing performing with the National hosted by X Factor’s Stacey For tickets and more details some residents about the those stories will be used as shaped single storey ‘pods’ The upstairs of the Control are on the Kings Hill property solutions to offer past as a military airbase. http://www.kings- Symphony Orchestra on Solomon with Dave Berry. A visit possible increased pressure approximately 170 new part of this highly imaginative to be added either side. It is Tower will be refurbished as prospective tenants right website hill.com/documents/ Friday 24 June; McFly and full day of family www.musiconthehill.org.uk on parking when the new spaces in addition to ASDA’s “We were bowled over by the public art programme,” said expected that a high street office space and outside now.” library/WarrenWoods.jpg Sugababes on the Saturday. entertainment is on offer, with or call 0844 873 7342. shops open. car park.” positive public response to Andrew Blevins. coffee operator will take one there are plans to create a www.kings-hill.com