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Parents opposed to the loss of green space much loved by their children will be staging a protest – by holding a picnic. There is widespread opposition from parents of pupils at The Slade Primary School to plans by Tonbridge and Malling council to extend the Castle Fields car park in Tonbridge into an area of green space used by children after class. Helen Vincent, who has a seven-year-old at the school, explained: “This space is used daily by the children. “It’s true that the Racecourse Sportsground is not far away but that floods frequently and is more or less unusable between November and M…