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Plans for a new cafe and florist at a crematorium have been approved. A shed at Vinters Park in Bearsted Road, Maidstone is set to be converted into two new businesses. The five-hectare site is owned by Maidstone council and is opposite Newnham Court Shopping Village. In an application submitted last year, the crematorium outlined plans for its “agricultural building” to be repurposed. One end of it will be converted into a florist and the other a cafe. They will have separate entrances and the coffee shop will also feature a toilet and outdoor seating. The application also proposed new pathwa…

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