Residents of a huge housing estate built more than a decade ago have been left disappointed again after plans for its first convenience store were refused.

Baby Sivarajah had wanted to convert part of a redundant office building into a 218sqm store in Finberry, Ashford.

But plans submitted to Ashford Borough Council (ABC) in October have now been rejected, meaning neighbours will have to continue to drive or walk a mile to Bridgefield or the new Aldi at Waterbrook Park to buy basic amenities.

Mr Sivarajah had hoped to open Finberry Village Community Store directly opposite Finberry Primary School in Avocet Way.

Selling food and household items, the store would have been the first of its kind on the development on the edge of Ashford and based on the ground floor of the three-storey pro

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