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Victoria Crescent, ASHFORD, TN23 7AE

On the left, with its frontage covered with scaffolding, is Image; on the right, mostly in shadow, are residential apartments and at the end of the road is the Victoria Road/George Street development. These were the Image and this was the Image; both photographed in June 2019.

Planning permission has been granted by Ashford Borough Council under application number 16/00002/EIA/AS for “a food store (Use Class A1) – up to 1,750sq.m. A brewery (Use Class B2) with ancillary shop, bar and restaurant – up to 2,200sq.m. A[n] hotel (Use Class C1) - up to 120 bedrooms. Small scale commercial units (Use Classes B1a/A1/A2) – up to 350sq.m total. Up to 225 residential units comprising flats of mixed sizes (majority 1-2 beds with some 3 bed units). Dwellings to comprise a mix of Private Rented Sector (PRS), and market housing. Two electrical sub-stations. Associated parking, landscaping and access works”.

Planning permission has been granted by Ashford Borough Council under application number 19/01549/AS for “extensions, part demolition and change of use of existing building under mixed use C3 & B1 to form new residential development of class C3 to include an additional 6 apartments (alternative to planning application 19/00087/AS)”.

At the far end of the road are the former buildings of the builders' merchant Travis Perkins that reallocated to Image

Planning permission has been granted by Ashford Borough Council under application number 16/00981/AS for the “erection of 31 residential apartments with car parking, associated access and landscaping”. This view of Image shows the buildings that used to be here.

Victoria Road is to become Victoria Way - a new route to link the International station at Beaver Road and the A28 Chart Road. It will follow the existing Victoria Road to Cherry Court where a new road will be built to join the end of Leacon Road by Matalan at the Fairwood Industrial Park http://www.ashford.gov.uk/transport_and_streets/road_improvements.aspx

On the left are the former buildings of the builders' merchant Travis Perkins which reallocated to Image

Vacant plot opposite Ashford International Railway Station.

The development is described by the estate agent Savills as being an exemplary scheme of 216 apartments, meticulously designed and luxuriously appointed. Victoria Point benefits from a secure gated underground car park and dedicated secure bicycle storage. Additional parking is provided in the form of a riverside car park, closely linked to the landscaped gardens and river walk which become a focal point for leisure and relaxation within the development. All apartments benefit from private amenity space in the form of either balconies or terraces, which have views over the landscaped courtyard or the River Great Stour. Penthouse suites also benefit from roof gardens with large sliding doors to maximise the feeling of space and freedom of the private outside environment https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbsvrdsed180076?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzMyAuqSO6QIVikPTCh22XQ7qEAAYASAAEgLS7_D_BwE

The construction of the new link between this road and Leacon Road has been completed Image although the Ashford Borough Council link is somewhat misleading to suggest that it will be renamed Victoria Way. I feel only this section Image bears the new name, as the nameplate in this view still shows Victoria Road.