sentences:  The withdrawal of the backer following the refusal of his planning application to develop land at Westerham Station cast serious doubt on the proposed re-opening.In the Association's Annual General Meeting on 2 November 1963, members were informed that efforts to raise the £30,000 plus £10,000 for equipment had failed.Furthermore, British Railways were now in talks with the Kent County Council regarding the sale of the line to enable the construction of the A21 Sevenoaks bypass which required the demolition of a bridge along the route of the line.