Chilmington Green

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Chilmington Green
Chilmington Green is located in Kent
Chilmington Green
Chilmington Green
Location within Kent
District
  • Ashford
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townASHFORD
Postcode districtTN23
Dialling code01233
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AmbulanceSouth East Coast
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UK
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51°07′48″N 0°49′58″E / 51.13°N 0.8327°E / 51.13; 0.8327Coordinates: 51°07′48″N 0°49′58″E / 51.13°N 0.8327°E / 51.13; 0.8327

Chilmington Green is a hamlet on the edge of the Kentish Weald comprising 10 listed buildings. It is south-west of the town of Ashford. The population at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of Great Chart with Singleton.

In 2014, Ashford Borough Council approved plans for a new town of up to 5,750 houses[1] plus a countryside park, a secondary school, four primary schools, a supermarket and a new high street and market square on 1,000 acres of agricultural land around the hamlet.

Some local residents are opposed to the plans and have launched a campaign[2] to resist them.

The area is home to numerous endangered species including great crested newts,[3] water voles[4] and brown hares.

References[]

  1. ^ Ashford Borough Council Planning Application 12/00400/AS
  2. ^ http://www.chilmingtongreen.org Archived 2011-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Great Crested Newt Survey by Mr Mike Phillips, Kent Reptile and Amphibian Group (July 2010) Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Water Vole Survey by Dr Merryl Gelling, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Dept of Zoology, University of Oxford (June 2010) Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
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