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Health care services are expanding across Ashford to meet the needs of the town’s rising population, which is set to double by 2031. Public and private sector investment is being ploughed into the region to provide new health centres and facilities, helping support Ashford’s ambitious development programme.
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High quality and functional open spaces need to be at the heart of developments in the growth town of Ashford – and a ‘green spaces champion’ is being recruited to make sure it happens.
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Work has started working on West Street’s ‘Rain Gardens’, an environmentally sustainable highlight of the Ashford town centre public realm project.
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Ashford’s long term growth plans are unlikely to be affected by the current economic downturn according to the Ashford’s Future Partnership Board.
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Following the news that Ashford has a sound Core Strategy, the company overseeing the town’s growth has predicted exciting times ahead for what has become the fastest-growing centre between London and continental Europe.