Palmer and Harvey site

APRIL 1986. COMMENT IN HALLMARK by the editor - PALMER AND HARVEY TO CLOSE

We had no idea that Palmer & Harvey were to close when we featured the history of the premises last edition. It’s only a rumour, but if planning application is submitted for houses on the site, it will be a sad end to the old tennis court.  It’s not a pretty building, but very much part of old Lacey Green and an accepted building doing a very useful job in supplying jobs for village people.   So if anyone asked us what is best for the community – 20 new houses or 20 local jobs – we should have no hesitation in saying the latter.

PLANNING APPLICATION

In 1991, in need of repair, a planning application was made to demolish the building and build houses on the site.

The numerous letters sent to and published in Hallmark following the Planning Application are printed under Tennis Court to Hambe Close