Approval for MAPS hangar

NO objections against Medway Council’s recent granting of planning permission for the Medway Aircraft Preservation Society’s new restoration and display hangar at Rochester Airport had been lodged by the end of the six-week consultation period on 28 April, so construction now looks set to go ahead. The hangar will be located close to main A229 Maidstone Road, offering much-improved access: visitors to the wooden hut currently occupied by the society have to drive across a traffic light-controlled, active apron. Restoration