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A doomed pub that was due to be demolished to make way for a new junction has been left to “decay” and should be reopened as “The White Elephant”, says a disgruntled councillor. Rossa and Renee Kenny, the former landlords of The Wheatsheaf, which stands in a prominent position at the junction of Loose Road with Sutton Road, in Maidstone, kept its distinctive green and cream paintwork in immaculate condition. But five years after the pub was sold to Kent County Council to make way for a junction improvement, the same cannot be said today. The paintwork is peeling off, cracks have appeared in th…

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