A Gypsy family of 14 hoping to make an abandoned plot of land their new home could yet see their dreams dashed if a rival bid to turn it into a car park is given the green light. An application was last month submitted to host four touring caravans, a mobile home and a welfare trailer on the former coal yard next to Pluckley railway station near Ashford. Planning documents reveal a local scrap metal dealer wants to move onto the derelict site in Station Road with his wife and 12 children. But alternative proposals are now on the cards as the owner of the plot has lodged a bid to turn it into a…
