Divisive plans to convert a derelict plot of land into a home for a Gypsy family of 14 have been thrown out. An application was submitted in July to host four touring caravans, a mobile home and a welfare trailer on the former coal yard next to Pluckley railway station. Planning documents put forward to Ashford Borough Council (ABC) revealed a local scrap metal dealer hoped to move onto the derelict site in Station Road with his wife and 12 children. However, a rival application was launched less than two weeks later by the plot’s owner. Andrew Kirk, who lives in London, bought the brownfield …