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Patricia Shave had tried to fight off proposals from her neighbour, Paul Body, to build 18 holiday lets in a field in Marden, Kent. But she was ultimately unsuccessful and has now submitted her own plans.
And up until November, Mrs Shave said profits were 70pc up on the year before. But as December came and went and the country was forced into a third national lockdown, the business owner said now their customers “have just gone”. Local produce at The Studio farm and gift shop in West Harling. - Credit: Picture: DENISE BRADLEY Copyright: Archant 2021 In an online Facebook post, on Monday, January 25, she wrote: “Feeling heartbroken, facing the terrible dilemma to close our beautiful farm shop. “On the balance sheet or by any other financial test we are not insolvent but aft...