Plans to buy a former builders’ yard and build a three-storey block of flats have been branded “the very definition of what should be done”. The site in Lower Range Road, Gravesend, is owned by Gravesend Churches Housing Association (GCHA) who are in discussions to sell it to Gravesham council. Council officers were seeking approval from cabinet members to purchase the yard, which has planning permission for 14 two-bed flats, for £525,000. At a meeting yesterday (September 9) members voted unanimously to go ahead with the sale. Deputy leader of the council, Cllr Shane Mochrie-Cox said: “I thin…
