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Bapchild and Tonge residents gathered on Sunday to see a new Village Hall sign unveiled. The Hall, in School Lane, Bapchild is celebrating being on its present site for 25 years.

If you recall the Borough Council served a stop notice in May, which subsequently lapsed and a retrospective application was made.

The Borough Council has written to us to outline the timetable for the progression of the Plan. On 5th December the findings of the consultation will be reported to the Local Development Framework (LDF) Panel.

KCC have provided an extension to the brick earth extraction behind Hempstead House Hotel until 2020 at which time the site must be restored to its former use.

The Council has already served a stop notice on the owners of the car wash, but not willing to play by the rules they continue to operate regardless of concerns made by countless residents.

Following several complaints from residents and concerns from the environment agency, Swale Borough Council have served a stop notice to the owners of the car wash business on the former Van World site.

The Council has had to concede during a recent planning application that its current Local Plan cannot effectively protect the future alignment of the Northern Relief Road because there is currently no approved route and the policy drawn up for the up and coming LDF (Local Development Framework) which seeks to protect an area of search for the road is also unenforceable until the LDF is adopted.

Following last weeks Planning Committee a site meeting has been arranged for Monday 10 December 2012 at approximately 10:00 am.

A FARMING business's expansion plans have been backed by a Swale council planner. GH Dean and Co has applied to build an extra fruit store and storage shed at its headquarters in Hempstead Lane, Tonge.

A TRUSTED employee who stole almost £68,000 from a family-run hotel will have to pay back just 3.3% of what she took.