The Museum Director introduced the report and outlined the application made by Golding Homes for an historic plaque at Wren’s Corner, the former Kent County Constabulary headquarters. The applicant had acknowledged their responsibilities under the scheme, including the permission to affix a plaque to a listed building, and felt the building was significant to Maidstone’s local history.

It was requested that additional wording was added to the plaque to further explain the significance of the site as the first county-wide police force.

RESOLVED: That the application to erect a Commemorative Plaque at Wren’s Cross be approved, subject to the inclusion of additional wording, to further explain the significance of the site as the first county-wide police force, to be formulated by the Museum Director in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Committee.