A town centre cinema remains vacant more than a year after it closed, with no plans in the pipeline for its future. However, the ex-manager of the independently-run New Century Cinema in Sittingbourne High Street says she “would love to get back into the building”. Swale council says there are no current planning applications for the listed building, which is owned by a private landlord, but insisted it would “support any owners to secure a beneficial use for the premises”. The cinema, which could hold around 200 people across its two screens, closed in December 2022 after the lease expired. C…