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A town centre shopping mall is “in robust health” and won’t be turned into flats, bosses say. Rumours circulating in Dover suggested Charlton Shopping Centre was set to be bulldozed to make way for a residential development. But managing agents working on behalf of the site’s owners say there are no such plans and stress the centre will remain open. The 1981-built site is earmarked for 100 homes in Dover District Council’s Local Plan – a blueprint envisaging where homes will be built in the district up to 2040. But Labour-led DDC, which is in the process of modifying its plan, says the multi-s…

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