The Regeneration of Betteshanger Mark Lumsdon Taylor

Thu, Mar 27th 2014 at 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm

The site where Kent's biggest colliery stood will undergo a £40m redevelopment and produce "green energy" under plans unveiled by its present owner.

Betteshanger was the last of the county's collieries to close, in 1989.

Hadlow College has unveiled plans to build a business and commerce park and education centre on the site, which it says will create hundreds of jobs.

The Betteshanger Sustainable Parks vision will see the 121 hectare Betteshanger Colliery site transformed into a 21^st Century global laboratory for green technologies that brings together business, education, mining heritage, green technology and rural tourism. This is will create economic and social regeneration acting as a catalyst to support much needed growth.

Work on the site will commence in three phases in 2014 comprising of:

A bespoke green technologies enterprise complex, a catalyst for creating new markets, technologies and products

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