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Swanley news, newest first: 60 homes on the old White Oak Leisure Centre site, Ming Foods in administration and the Pedham Place tip opening times.
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Swanley petrol station bids to sell alcohol 24 hours a day
Swanley Service Station on London Road wants to sell alcohol round the clock and hot food overnight. Six neighbours object; councillors decide on 8 October.
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Crime
Swanley graffiti: boy, 15, arrested over town centre damage
A 15-year-old Swanley boy has been arrested and bailed after shops, the recreation ground and the station were sprayed with graffiti on 19 and 20 September.
Community
Swanley's Cherry Avenue playground reopens after £100k refit
New swings, slides and sensory panels are open now. National Lottery money paid £64,727 of the £100,000 rebuild of Swanley's Cherry Avenue play area.
Crime
Swanley home closed for three months after court order
A Cherry Avenue home is shut until late November after Sevenoaks magistrates granted Kent Police a closure order on 25 August. Entering it is now an offence.
Schools
Oaks Day Nursery Swanley: strong in two Ofsted areas
Ofsted puts achievement and inclusion above the expected standard at the 39-place Swanley nursery, safeguarding met. What the June inspection found.
West Kingsdown
West Kingsdown bus and car show: free rides, Sunday 16 Aug
Go Bus marks 40 years of Roundabout on Sunday with a free bus and car show at Gamecock Meadow, free vintage bus rides from Swanley, and a bouncy castle.
Business
Ming Foods Swanley placed in administration on 24 June
Ming Foods, the Chinese pastry maker at Upper Hockenden Farm, went into administration on 24 June, one of seven local firms in July's insolvency notices.
Housing
Work starts on 60 homes at the old White Oak Leisure Centre site in Swanley
Work has begun on 60 homes at the old White Oak Leisure Centre site in Swanley. The Skillcrown scheme helps repay the £22m leisure centre that opened in 2022.