Green Balance worked on a local campaign with a residents’ group to secure thefuture of North Frith house and park
Green Balance worked on a local campaign with a residents’ group to secure thefuture of North Frith house and park
2 PagesHeritage Green Balance worked on a local campaign with a residents’ group to secure the future of North Frith house and park from a series of challenges over a three year period. The South Eastern Electricity Board put up for sale its training centre at North Frith on the edge of Tonbridge in 1995. The large Victorian house, including a winter garden, and its 26 hectares of gardens and grounds had been well maintained and little altered. Initially Fidelity Insurance proposed to acquire the property and develop the site to complement its major centre at nearby Hildenborough. Their planning application involved demolishing the house and replacing it with a large office block of 11,700m2 plus parking for 585 cars. Despite its location in a Conservation Area based on the house and in the Gree
