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More than 200 residents worried about plans for 1,300 homes on 80 hectares of farmland near their village attended a meeting to express their fears. The meeting was called by East Malling Parish Council to discuss an outline planning application submitted by the East Malling Trust to build on fields between Kiln Barn Road and Hermitage Lane. To be called Bradbourne, the plans include the provision of a primary school; commercial, community and employment plots, and 29 hectares of public open space, with a 2.5-hectare community park. But feelings at the meeting in East Malling Village Hall on S…

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