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A new industrial estate creating dozens of jobs could be built on vacant land currently costing the local authority more than £50,000 a year to hold. Ashford Borough Council (ABC) hopes to bring the former premises occupied by paper supplier Prima back into use. The brownfield site in Ninn Lane, near Great Chart, has remained empty since the company was dissolved last year. ABC, which owns the freehold of the site, intends to invest more than £4.5 million to develop the three-acre plot into an industrial estate. Its creation could deliver about 50 jobs for various businesses and will also save…

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