A planning application for the 90 dwelling East Stour Park development and an associated application for the site opposite the Ashford Designer Outlet have been withdrawn.
The developer initially proposed a development of 240 apartments for the site at the junction of Romney Marsh Road and Norman Road at a Public Consultation Event in March 2019. An application was submitted in May 2019, reducing the development to 212 apartments.
On 19 February 2019, Ashford Borough Council’s Planning Committee rejected the application by a 15:1 majority vote (against the officer’s recommendation), ABC Case ref :19/00709/AS. The developer appealed against the decision in July 2020. The appeal hearing took place virtually in April 2021 and the inspector dismissed the appeal on 2 December 2021.
In October 2022 the developer submitted a new application, reducing the number of units to 80 in three blocks of five storeys, later increased to 90 units, ABC Case Ref: PA/2022/2669.
An outline application was submitted in January 2023 for a Community Centre, supplementary to the residential development, ABC Case Ref: PA/2023/0065.
Both the 90 unit residential development and the community centre applications have been marked as withdrawn on the ABC planning website this month.