Shadoxhurst

The white-painted, weather-boarded house, in the distance, is Quince Cottage - a grade II listed building dating from the 18th century Link

A lane off the Shadoxhurst Road

Planning permission was granted by Ashford Borough Council under application number 15/00373/AS for the “demolition of existing dwelling and erection of four new dwellings and four double garages with access and fencing to road frontage”. By July 2017, the site of the house had become a TQ9738 : Building site, Woodchurch Road.

Compared with TQ9638 : Development of Shadoxhurst Garage site, Woodchurch Road, the development, which was described in Ashford Borough Council’s planning application 14/00254/AS as the “erection of 17 new dwellings together with roads, access, sewers and external works”, is nearing completion.

Compared with TQ9638 : Development of Shadoxhurst Garage site, Woodchurch Road, this is now the road into the development called Oak Fields, which was described in Ashford Borough Council’s planning application 14/00254/AS as the “erection of 17 new dwellings together with roads, access, sewers and external works”, is nearing completion.

This is where TQ9738 : Wymondham, Woodchurch Road once stood. Planning permission was granted by Ashford Borough Council under application number 15/00373/AS for the “demolition of existing dwelling and erection of four new dwellings and four double garages with access and fencing to road frontage”.

This will form part of a vast development, to be known as Chilmington Green, for which planning permission has been granted by Ashford Borough Council under application number 12/00400/AS. This is an “outline application for a Comprehensive Mixed Use Development comprising: up to 5,750 residential units, in a mix of sizes, types and tenures; up to 10,000 m² (gross external floor space) of Class Bl use; up to 9,000 m² (gross external floor space) of Class Al to A5 uses; Education (including a secondary school of up to 8 ha and up to four primary schools of up to 2.1 ha each); Community Uses (class Dl) up to 7,000 m² (gross external floor space); Leisure Uses (class D2) up to 6,000 m² (gross external floor space); Provision of local recycling facilities; Provision of areas of formal and informal open space; Installation of appropriate utilities infrastructure as required to serve the development, including flood attenuation works, SUDS, water supply and wastewater infrastructure, gas supply, electricity supply (including substations), telecommunications infrastructure and renewable energy infrastructure (including CHP in the District Centre); Transport infrastructure, including provision of three accesses on to the A28, an access on to Coulter Road/Cuckoo Lane, other connections on to the local road network, and a network of internal roads, footpaths and cycle routes; New planting and landscaping, both within the Proposed Development and on its boundaries, and ecological enhancement works; and associated ground works where appearance, landscaping, layout and scale are reserved for future approval and where access is reserved for future approval with the exception of the three accesses on to the A28 and the access on to Coulter Road/Cuckoo Lane”. Here, Stubbscross Wood lies to the left of the field.

This will form part of a vast development, to be known as Chilmington Green, for which planning permission has been granted by Ashford Borough Council under application number 12/00400/AS. This is an “outline application for a Comprehensive Mixed Use Development comprising: up to 5,750 residential units, in a mix of sizes, types and tenures; up to 10,000 m² (gross external floor space) of Class Bl use; up to 9,000 m² (gross external floor space) of Class Al to A5 uses; Education (including a secondary school of up to 8 ha and up to four primary schools of up to 2.1 ha each); Community Uses (class Dl) up to 7,000 m² (gross external floor space); Leisure Uses (class D2) up to 6,000 m² (gross external floor space); Provision of local recycling facilities; Provision of areas of formal and informal open space; Installation of appropriate utilities infrastructure as required to serve the development, including flood attenuation works, SUDS, water supply and wastewater infrastructure, gas supply, electricity supply (including substations), telecommunications infrastructure and renewable energy infrastructure (including CHP in the District Centre); Transport infrastructure, including provision of three accesses on to the A28, an access on to Coulter Road/Cuckoo Lane, other connections on to the local road network, and a network of internal roads, footpaths and cycle routes; New planting and landscaping, both within the Proposed Development and on its boundaries, and ecological enhancement works; and associated ground works where appearance, landscaping, layout and scale are reserved for future approval and where access is reserved for future approval with the exception of the three accesses on to the A28 and the access on to Coulter Road/Cuckoo Lane”. Here, the hedge, on the far side of the field, runs along the road called Long Length.

Planning permission has been granted by Ashford Borough Council under application number 15/01496/AS for “residential development comprising 19 dwellings including 15 x 2 storey dwellings and 4 x 1 bedroom flats with associated infrastructure and services including garaging/provision for parking, open space, landscaping and a sustainable urban drainage system”. Two footpaths converge here and their routes, through the grass, have been marked out by the lengths of polythene affixed to small, wooden posts. The King’s Head is out of sight, as it is hidden by the two, large trees on the left.

Planning permission has been granted by Ashford Borough Council under application number 15/01496/AS for “residential development comprising 19 dwellings including 15 x 2 storey dwellings and 4 x 1 bedroom flats with associated infrastructure and services including garaging/provision for parking, open space, landscaping and a sustainable urban drainage system”. A footpath has been marked out, through the grass, by lengths of polythene affixed to small, wooden posts. The King’s Head is out of sight, as it is hidden by the two, large trees to the left of the distant houses, at the end of the footpath.