Residents are staging a last-ditch campaign to defeat a planning application on treasured farmland. Esquire Developments first submitted an outline application to build 52 homes on an orchard at Ivy Farm off Wateringbury Road, East Malling, two years ago. But the lengthy application process is finally coming to a head with members of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council (TMBC) due to make a decision at their meeting next Wednesday (September 18). This weekend, objectors to the scheme have been distributing 1,000 leaflets to homes in the village urging residents to attend the planning meeting …
