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Coffee lovers will have to wait a little longer before they can call in at a new drive-thru. Gallagher Properties Limited submitted plans for a Costa at the Eclipse Park estate, near M&S in Maidstone. But although the application was recommended for approval by Maidstone council officers, planning committee members were unhappy and on Thursday they deferred a decision to seek improved conditions. The proposed drive-thru would be just 65m away from a residential care home and also close to new housing. There were concerns over it being a “bad neighbour” with noise, pollution and litter, althoug…

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