Ashford Growth Area, Kent, UK

Ashford in Kent is earmarked by the Government as one of the Sustainable Communities Growth Areas and is also being promoted as a key location for attracting inward investment to the region.

We have been working for The Church Commissioners on a masterplan for a new community on their land at Cheeseman’s Green, on the south east outskirts of the town. Ashford Borough Council has adopted our development brief which pursues village principles, offering a mix of uses, density and building type as Supplementary Planning Guidance. An outline planning application for the new mixed use sustainable village, providing 1,100 new homes and up to 70,000 square metres of business space, has also been approved.

The principles of sustainability have been central to the development of the proposals for Cheeseman’s Green, as has an emphasis on environmental considerations, the need to achieve transport sustainability and a commitment to the highest standards of urban design, including the public realm.