the website of South Ashford Community Forum
South Ashford Community Forum have commenced preparation of Representations on Ashford Borough Council’s Draft Local Plan. The Drafts of these representations are available on the South Ashford website, https://southashford.org.uk/index.php/category/planning-and-development/planning-policy/local-plan/. Your comments on these representations and any suggestions for additional representations are welcome.
July 2016 Meeting
The Minutes of the South Ashford Community Forum Meeting of 13th July 2016 with attachments:
can be downloaded from the Minutes and Agendas page. The minutes are draft until accepted at the next meeting. Please do let me have any comments on the minutes.
Our draft comments on the application can be viewed on the Publications page. We welcome your suggestions for amendments or additional comments.
We have added further extracts from the Local Plan to website under Local Information / Planning and Development / Local Plan. Each section is a separate post allowing you to make comments. A link is provided to open the relevant part of the Plan online so that you have access to the full text. You can, of course, make your own comments via the Council’s Consultation Portal but comments need to be in the form of an objection with justification showing that the part of the Plan concerned is not ‘sound’.
An appeal has been lodged against the Ashford Borough Council’s decision not to allow the building of a new house in Hampden Road. The applicant claims that the latest design addressed previous comments made by planning officers.
The application, decision and appeal can be viewed on the Council’s website, Case Reference 16/00257/AS http://planning.ashford.gov.uk/Planning/details.aspx?systemkey=102902 ➚
We will amend the post on the Planning Notices page to reflect any decision on the appeal https://southashford.org.uk/index.php/2016/02/24/11-hampden-road-tn23-6jl/
Ashford Borough Council have declared the use of a property in Beaver Road as a Large House in Multiple Occupation as unlawful. The reason that the Council gives for its decision is: “The evidence submitted in the application does not establish that, on the balance of probabilities, the building has been used as a large HMO for up to 7 people continuously since 2006.” (more…)
We have started to review the Draft Local Plan in detail and have posted extracts of the site specific policies that will affect residents of South Ashford on the website.
You can find the extracts under Local Information / Planning and Development / Local Plan on the menu
Two planning applications have been submitted for the former Travis Perkins’ sites in Victoria Crescent. If permitted this development will infill the remaining undeveloped sites between U+I’s proposed ‘Victoria Way’ development and existing businesses and houses in Victoria Crescent.
Case No. 16/00981/AS is the application for the island site that was the Travis external storage yard our notice is and Case No. 16/00986/AS, the riverside site that was the Travis warehouse.
South Ashford Community Forum have submitted comments on these applications. Read the comments on the Publications page.
July 2016 Meeting
The next meeting of South Ashford Community Forum will take place
at 7:00 pm
on 13th July 2016
at South Ashford Baptist Church
Brookfield Road, TN23 4EY
The Agenda and the Minutes of the Meeting of 18th May can be downloaded from the Minutes and Agendas page.
Please do encourage your friends, colleagues and acquaintances, that live or work in South Ashford to come to this meeting
This meeting has been posted on the South Ashford Calendar bit.ly/sacfcal
There will be a presentation during the meeting by Daniel Carter, Principal Policy Planner at Ashford Borough Council, on ABC’s Draft Local Plan. (more…)
Ashford Borough Council Planning Committee voted to grant permission for the redevelopment of the Powergen Site, this evening. (more…)
Ashford Borough Council is currently preparing a new Local Plan for the borough. The plan sets out the land that needs to be provided in the borough to accommodate new homes and jobs up to 2030. It also includes the policies that will be used to help decide planning applications.
The Local Plan to 2030 aims to make sure that future development within Ashford is well planned, helping to create great places and strong communities and provides a consistent approach to planning across the whole borough.
The new Local Plan will allocate sites for development as well as establishing planning policies and guidance to ensure local development is built in accordance with the principles of sustainable development.
It will address housing, employment, retail, leisure, transport, community infrastructure and environmental issues such as adapting to climate change and ensuring high quality design.
The general principle of the Local Plan is to encourage growth within the economy of Ashford to provide homes, employment, retail floor space and infrastructure such as community facilities and green spaces.
Whilst growth in the economy is important, the plan also seeks to protect Ashford’s valued assets such as heritage, leisure, nature and open spaces. (more…)
The date on which the Planning Committee of Ashford Borough Council (ABC) will discuss the application for redevelopment of the Powergen Site in Victoria Road/Leacon Road has been announced as 15 June 2016. The Officer’s Report recommends approval of the application, (subject to the developer entering into a Section 106 agreement for contributions to infrastructure and services).
230 application documents have been added or amended in the last three weeks. The decision will be based on these amended documents.
The planning application and Officer’s Report can viewed on the ABC website. The Case No. is 15/01671/AS – http://planning.ashford.gov.uk/Planning/details.aspx?systemkey=102504 ➚
The developer attended the South Ashford Community Forum (SACF) meetings on 17th November 2015 and 18th May 2016. The notes of the meetings can be viewed on the Minutes and Agendas page – http://bit.ly/sashfordma
SACF commented on the application. The comments can be viewed on the publications page http://bit.ly/plancoms