Annual Town Meeting — Report and Minutes At the 15 April Annual Town Meeting the TTC Mayor, Robin Wade , gave an update on Tent1. He said that the next Joint Steering Group meeting on 15 May would also be attended by Tenterden Town and ABC councillors for a briefing on the Masterplan. This would be followed on 26 June by a public consultation…
Annual Town Meeting Please note that the Annual Town Meeting will take place on Monday April 15th at the Town Hall, commencing at 7.30pm. There will doubtless be an update on the progress of Tent1 and an opportunity to raise any questions / concerns you may have.
Future Car Parking Plans for Tenterden. Public Meeting - The Future of car parking in Tenterden Wednesday 6th March, 7:00 pm Venue: Tenterden Town Hall Details: There will be a Public Meeting about the future of car parking in Tenterden at 7pm on Wednesday 6 March in the Assembly Room at the Town Hall. Ashford Borough Council officers will inform residents and…
Tent1 Steering Group Minutes Available The minutes of the 15 February Tent1 Joint Steering Group meeting are now available on the Tent1 development pages of Tenterden Town Council's website http://www.tenterden.gov.uk/tenterdentowncob.html It is not surprising that there seems to be no mention of the promised but non-specific benefits to the town and its current residents which the development will, allegedly, bring.…
Mayor’s reply to home density concerns Following the first master planning meeting in December, 2 mails were sent to the mayor of Tenterden expressing concern about the density of homes being proposed in the TENT1 development.The mails and his replies can be viewed in the 'Letters and comments ' section of this site.
Tent1 Master Plan — Opportunity to View Preliminary Findings The first of the Tent1 master planning workshops take place on the 10th and 11th of December. The public are invited to view the initial outcomes on the evening of Tuesday 11th, details below,as taken from the Tenterden Forum. We encourage you to attend if at all possible, to express your views to the people resonsible. …
Positive Planning for the Future in Kent We have copied below details, from the Campain for Rural England organisation, of a forthcoming debate in Tunbridge Wells that may be of interest to you. This is just a gentle reminder … Please don’t forget to obtain your tickets for our ‘planning debate’ to be held on Friday 30th November ! ( 7:30 pm at…
Tent 1 Steering Group " The Save Tenterden Action Group (STAG) was recently invited by Ashford Borough Council to become a member of the TENT1 Joint Steering Group. We decided to accept the invitation so Roy Isworth attended the first meeting on 1 November as our representative. The minutes are available on the Town Council's website -- http://www.tenterden.gov.uk/ ( Look…
Chance to sign e petition We have been contacted by a like minded group in Skipton, with similar concerns and frustrations to our own. I show his mail to us below,(in red ), but in essence they are trying to amalgamate the frustrations of many small towns across the country all faced with unwanted developments but too small to have an impact…
Local Plan — Chance to submit your views. Ashford Borough Council has recently launched a public consultation to help shape the preparation of a new ‘local plan’ for the borough which looks ahead to 2030. Work started on a review of Ashford Borough Council’s local plan (previously called the Core Strategy) earlier this year. A crucial part of the process is estimating the…
Questions and Answers from the Public Presentations 20th & 21st July Q and A from 20 and 21 July 2012 TTC public presentations. The questions and concerns detailed below came from the floor at the public meetings held in the Town Hall Assembly Room and/or from STAG members at a pre meeting held with TTC including Mayor Wade, Cllr Clokie (ABC) and Mr R Alderton, Head…
Master Planning Group – Expertise Needed. Despite the overwhelming objection to the development, Ashford Boro Council are seemingly intent on pushing ahead with the master planning process even though their own core strategy is still under review. STAG, as an organisation, have been asked to be in on this master planning process and although we still oppose ANY development on this…
Landowners Appoint Master Planning Company Tenterden Town Council have announced that following a unanimous agreement by the consortium of landowners, Welbeck Strategic Land LLP have been formally appointed as the promoter of the land that has been allocated for the Tent 1 development. This appointment means that the master planning process, involving detailed and widespread public consultations can be started. Welbeck…
Housing Plan Meetings Well Attended Both of the meetings held on the 20th and 21st July to discuss the planned TENT1 development were very well attended and as expected, the vast majority of the residents present maintained their overwhelming opposition to the scheme. Ashford Borough Council presented their case and seem to regard it as a ' done deal'. Their…
New Dates Announced for Public Meetings Tenterden Town Council have announced the re-arranged dates for the public meetings to discuss the plans for the proposed Tent1 development site. The sessions are designed to allow residents to ask questions and raise the many concerns they have about this development to the Town councillors and Ashford borough councillors who will be in attendance.…
Planned Public Meeting postponed. The public meetings planned for June 29th and 30th to discuss the Tent1 proposed development have had to be postponed due to the proximity of the pending by election in Tenterden South. The re-arranged date/dates will be advised on this website as soon as they are know. It is anticipated to be in the second half…
Who benefits from homes plan ? Full KE article 19 April 2002. Concerns about nearly 500 houses planned for Tenterden in the next few years were expressed at a public meeting. Residents raised fears over the effect on the town and questioned the town councils role in the southern extension development known as Tent1 One, Gill Whittaker, asked at the annual town meeting '' What are the…
What are the benefits of 475 homes ? KE lead article 19 April 2012 THE benefits of 475 homes being built in Tenterden were questioned at a lively public meeting.Concerns were raised over the effect on the town - and residents queriedthe town council's role in the southern extension development, known as Tent 1. One, Gill Whittaker, asked at the annual town meeting: "What are the benefits for us?…
KE Editorial Comment April 19th 2012 We must stand up for future of town MOST of the people who live inTenterden do so because they choose to.They may have been brought up in the town, have moved here through work, retired here or just fallen in love with the place. So we can understand the concerns at having 475 homes imposed…
Tenterden Town Council Annual Meeting 16th April 2012 Latest News Annual Town Meeting 16 April 2012 Over 100 members of the public attended the 2012 Annual Town Meeting held in the Town Hall. The proposed TENT 1 housing development for 475 new dwellings dominated the meeting. The Council distributed a three page sheet about the development – the first detailed information provided by…
