Do you live, study or work in Beaver? Are you 18 to 25 years old? How can Beaver be made a place where young people can live more healthily and feel safe?
Ashford Community Safety Partnership are looking for young people aged 18 – 25 to take part in a guided community walk around Beaver on 26 June, and share ideas for change.
Join them on Saturday 26 June, 10.15am to 1.15pm South Ashford Baptist Church, 24 Brookfield Road, Ashford,TN23 4EY
You’ll use C3’s CHESS™ App to review local shops, food outlets, amenities and public spaces. The App is easy to use and C3 will show you how. You will collect information about the neighbourhood and the things that make it easier, or harder, for you to live healthily, spend time with friends, and feel safe.
On Saturday 10 July you are invited to a follow up session. They’ll share the CHESS walk results, and help you work together to generate ideas for change and turn these into a community action plan. You’ll also receive a £15 voucher.
To find out more or take part please contact: Alison Oates, Community Safety and Wellbeing Manager, Ashford Borough Council 01233 330 225 csu@ashford.gov.uk
Government guidance remains that you should stay 2 metres apart from anyone who is not in your household or support bubble where possible, or 1 metre with extra precautions in place (such as wearing face coverings) if you cannot stay 2 metres apart.
Meeting Others
Overnight stays
Education
Work and business
You can meet outdoors in groups of up to 30 people. You can meet indoors in groups of up to six people or two households.
You don’t have to stay 2m apart from friends and family, but consider the risks to you and those you are with.
Domestic overnight stays are allowed, in groups of up to six people or 2 households.
Schools, colleges and universities fully open.
Regular testing provided
You should continue to work from home if you can.
Retail and personal care
Bars, Pubs and Restaurants
Accommodation
Leisure and sporting facilities
Open.
Open.
Groups of up to six people or two households allowed indoors.
Groups of up to 30 allowed outdoors
All holiday accommodation open, including hotels, hostels and B&Bs
Open indoors and outdoors, including gyms, indoor sports facilities, swimming pools, saunas and steam rooms.
Organised sport and group exercises allowed.
Entertainment
Large Events
Residential Care
Shielding
Open indoors and outdoors, including cinemas, bowling alleys, zoos and theme parks.
Events, including live performances, business events and sporting events can proceed with capacity limits, indoors and outdoors.
People who live in a care home can have ‘low risk’ visits out of the home without the need to isolate when they get back.
Residents can also name up to five visitors.
If you are clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) you do not need to shield, but should continue to take extra precautions such as shopping at quieter times of the day. You can follow the same advice on meeting friends and family as everyone else
Domestic travel
Overseas travel
Places of Worship
Weddings and Funerals
Travel safely. Plan ahead and avoid the busiest times and routes if you can
Check whether your destination is on the red, amber or green list. You should not travel to red and amber countries. If you are travelling to a green country, check the rules in your destination as testing or quarantine requirements may be in place.
Open. You can attend in groups of 6 people or 2 households
Weddings, receptions, life events and wakes can take place with up to 30 attendees, indoors in a COVID-Secure venue, or outdoors.
No limit on funeral attendees, subject to how many the venue can safely accommodate with social distancing.
Kent residents are being targeted by a text scam, pretending to be from the UK Government Census 2021. The text will say that information is missing from your application.
What happens:
You receive a text message pretending to be from UK Government Census. The text will say that information is missing from your application. You will be directed to a website to update your details to avoid a £1,000 penalty.
What to do:
This is a SCAM
Do not click on any links. The website is designed to steal your personal and financial details.
Report scams to Citizens Advice on 0808 223 1133.
Please warn vulnerable family members, friends and neighbours.
The Census does not ask for your telephone number, email address or bank details.
Remember Do not click links in emails, social media posts or messages (text, What’s App, Messenger etc.),unless you are sure they are legitimate. Type web addresses into your browser for official websites of banks, government departments etc..
Kent County Council Public Protection https://mailchi.mp/kent/residents-targeted-by-census-scam?e=5d620a3416
Construction of the proposals for Powergen Plots 1 and 2 has commenced in the last few weeks.
Ashford Borough Council’s Planning Committee voted to permit the proposals in June 2016 for 400 apartments, with final approval being granted in November 2016, as part of hybrid application 15/01671/AS. The application included full details for Plots 1 and 2 while Plots 3,4 and 5 were in outline.
The accommodation proposed is tabulated to the right:
The completion of this development will be a valuable contribution to Ashford Borough Council’s Five Year Housing Land Supply which was 295 dwellings short in July 2020.
Land ownership
A subsidiary of the UK arm of Scandinavian letting company ‘Neighbour’ had purchased the land for plots 1 and 2 and it was intended that they would be built before Plots 3, 4 and 5. In the event the land for Plots 3,4 and 5 was purchased by GRE Assets, who commenced the construction, have completed a number of blocks, with work on those remaining ongoing.
In December 2018 the name of the company owning Plots 1 and 2 was changed from Neighbour Ashford Ltd. to Victoria Road Developments Limited.
In August 2019 the company that financed the purchase of the land, Lendinvest Security Trustees, obtained an order to appoint a receiver for Victoria Road Develepments.
In October 2019 the an application was made to Ashford Borough Council for a certificate confirming that access works were undertaken lawfully to implement a start of the approved development of the site. The application was been submitted to confirm that the planning approval has not expired hence allowing the site to be sold with planning permission.
However, on 21 April 2021 Victoria Road Developments remained the registered owners of the site and Lendinvest the Lenders.
Previous proposal
The previous proposal for the site, the Zedhome scheme, was permitted on appeal. It included 519 dwellings on Plots 1 and 2 sites plus 8000m2 of commercial and other non-residential uses. in blocks up to the equivalent of 16 storeys. The whole development (including the Plots 3, 4 and 5 sites comprised 1000 dwellings plus commercial and other uses.
and you were not aware of the circumstances on 20th April, you can apply for am Emergency Proxy Vote.
You should ask somebody you trust to vote in accordance with your wishes to vote on your behalf.
Download the appropriate Emergency Proxy Voting Application (use links above) complete it and arrange for it to be delivered to the Civic Centre. You should apply as soon as possible but this can be any time up to 5pm on polling day.
Ask your Proxy to go to the polling station named on your polling card (see our post regarding polling stations in South Ashford), and tell the staff that they are voting on your behalf by Emergency Proxy. Tell them who you want to vote for in each election in which you are voting: Police and Crime Commissioner, Kent County Council and, if you live in the ward, Ashford Borough Council Beaver Ward (see our list of candidates).
Remember: Your Vote is Yours Alone
You must not allow somebody else to use your polling card or vote on your behalf unless they have been nominated on a Proxy Voting Application.
Only nominate somebody you trust to vote in accordance with your wishes.
The following is a list of polling stations in South Ashford.
Your polling card will give your Electoral Register Number but if you don’t have it use the map above.
You do not need your polling card to vote but must be on the electoral register.
If you applied to vote by post and have received your postal voting form you must post it or deliver it to the Civic Centre by 10pm on Thursday 6th May or hand it in at any polling station on polling day (6th May). You must not vote at a polling station if you have voted by post.
You will not be able to vote if you did not register to vote by 19th April 2021. If you have not done so, Register to Vote now for future elections.
Do not allow anybody else to use your polling card or your postal voting form if you have not applied to vote by proxy.
Situation of Polling Station Station
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Ranges of electoral register numbers of persons entitled to vote thereat
You must not socialise indoors except with your household or support bubble. You can meet outdoors, including in gardens, in groups of six people or two households.
Domestic overnight stays are allowed, but you must only stay with members of your household or support bubble.
Early years settings, schools and colleges are open for all students. Students on practical university courses can return. Students and staff will be regularly tested. Other Higher Education students should continue to learn remotely.
You should work from home if you can.
Retail and personal care
Bars, Pubs and Restaurants
Accommodation
Leisure and sporting facilities
All retail open. Hairdressers, beauty and nail salons open.
Open outdoors for groups of six people or two households. Those that serve alcohol must provide table service. Closed indoors.
Campsites and self-contained holiday accommodation open for visits with your household or support bubble only. Hotels, hostels and B&Bs closed.
Gyms, indoor sports facilities and spas open for use on your own or with your own household or support bubble. Saunas and steam rooms closed.
Entertainment
Public Buildings
Residential Care
Shielding
Outdoor settings and attractions, such as zoos and theme parks open for visits of two households, or in a group of up to six people. Drive-in-events open for visits with your household or support bubble. Indoor entertainment closed.
Libraries and community centres open
People who live in a care home in England will be allowed two named regular indoor visitors.
Clinically extremely vulnerable people in England are no longer advised to shield, but should continue taking extra precautions such as minimising social interactions and shopping at quieter times of the day.
Domestic travel
Overseas travel
Places of Worship
Weddings and Funerals
You should minimise travel as much as possible. Avoid the busiest times and routes – plan your journey and what you need at your destination ahead of time
You must not go on holiday abroad. You could be fined £5,000 for travelling abroad without a legally permitted reason.
Places of worship open and communal worship is permitted, but you must not mix indoors with anyone outside your household or support bubble.
Funerals can continue with up to 30 attendees. Weddings, outdoor receptions, and commemorative events such as wakes can take place with up to 15 attendees (in premises that are permitted to open).
