GREENBELT land on the former Kemnal Manor Estate will see new trees and plants put in as part of an improvement project.

The land in Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, will also see a formal walled garden featuring a water feature and a clipped yew hedge in the western part of the site.

A Bromley Council planning sub-committee gave the green light for the improvements on September 17.

Chislehurst Society chairman Tony Allen supported the proposals.

He said: “The site is one of the most historic parts of Chislehurst and has been there since 1150.

“I think it is better than leaving it as it was because it was getting wrecked by motorcycles.”

The land is on the former grounds of Kemnal Manor Estate, long since destroyed, and currently consists of woodland, scrubland and grassland.

It is close to Bromley borough’s borders with the London boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich.

The site is within the Green Belt and also falls within the Chislehurst Conservation Area.

Graham Pedgrift, chairman of the Kemnal Residents’ Association, also supports the plans.

He said: “A lot of people have said when they go there the woodland has not been maintained very well and that it looks pretty scruffy as it is.”

Planning permission was granted in November 2006 for the main part of the project, which will see some of the land be used as a cemetery.

A chapel, shelter, tractor shed and a car park with space for around 75 vehicles will also be built.

Drivers will also be able to drive to and from the Sidcup Bypass via a new accessway.

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