Permission to build a housing estate on farmland has been blocked. Plans for 23 homes on what has been labelled the “best and most versatile” agricultural plot in Teynham near Sittingbourne, have been refused. The development would have seen work begin on a parcel of Grade I land off Lower Road, near the village’s train station and opposite Whiteleaf Stables. But Swale council has turned down the proposals. The authority said the new builds would have seen the “loss of best and most versatile agricultural land” not allocated for development. It added that the homes would encroach into the coun…