An iconic pub has been saved from demolition but motorists may not be pleased. Plans for an improved junction layout at the Wheatsheaf pub in the Loose Road,Maidstone have been dropped by Kent County Council’s (KCC) cabinet member for highways and transport Cllr Neil Baker. The junction is a key confluence between the A229 Loose Road heading towards Staplehurst and the A274 Sutton Road heading towards Headcorn, and is the key route into Maidstone town centre from the south. KCC purchased the pub, which shut in 2019, from its former landlords Renee and Rosa Kenny so that it could be pulled down…