Plans to build a large housing estate on a plum and apple orchard have been thrown out amid fears it would have been “harmful” to a village. Objectors to the proposal to build up to 117 homes in Marden said they were also worried about the effect on wildlife, and that bendy, narrow lanes wouldn’t cope with additional traffic which could lead to a fatality. Rydon Homes applied to Maidstone council for permission to build the scheme in September. The estate was proposed for a site east of Albion Road, north of Copper Lane, and would have bordered Russet Grove, which was built on the old Marden C…
