Plans to convert a disused student accommodation block into homes for unaccompanied asylum-seeking (UAS) teens have been axed. Hundreds of objections were lodged over the proposal for Northwood Court in Broadstairs, a former Canterbury Christ Church University building, to be used by Kent County Council (KCC) to fulfil its legal requirements to house the growing number of people arriving in Britain. If plans had progressed, the former university digs would have had the capacity for 86 youngsters. The decision to scrap the bid came days after a KCC spokesperson told KentOnline it had not withdr…
