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George Street, ASHFORD, TN23 7AF

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”.

Vacant plot opposite Ashford International Railway Station.

It was reported in the Kent Messenger newspaper on 8 August 2018 that “a new luxury hotel and residential development being built near Ashford town centre is scheduled to open in spring 2020. The Victoria Point scheme is transforming an empty site in Victoria Road opposite the new Aldi supermarket and next to the train station. Development company Elevate Property Group is building 216 apartments including one, two and three-bedroom flats, costing between £142,500 to £340,000” https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/hotel-and-flats-to-open-in-under-two-years-188150/ Victoria Point includes the Image

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

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.

This shows the entrance to the builders' merchants Travis Perkins that has recently moved its site from Victoria Crescent. Just beyond the entrance, there is the railing of the Beaver Bridge (also known as the Stone Bridge or Trumpet Bridge) that crosses the Great Stour at the same point as the original ford that gave the town its name. Further up the road, the blue facade of Home Plus Furniture can be seen. This was the former location of B&Q before it moved to its present site off Norman Road.