Overview

Chilmington Green


Ashford, UK

Project type: Settlement Extension
Location: Ashford, UK
Client: Chilmington Green Consortium
Stage: On-site
Programme: 2009–ongoing

Chilmington Green is a new Garden Suburb identified within Ashford Borough Council’s Core Strategy.

The 400 ha site is located to the south-west of Ashford, bounded by the A28 to the west, Great Chart ridge to the north, Long Length to the east and open countryside to the south.

“
An adopted AAP is a vital component of the council’s ambitious vision for a sustainable garden suburb at Chilmington Green – a development that will be of major significance for the future of Ashford.
Cllr David Robey, Ashford Borough Council Portfolio Holder for Planning

JTP’s Design Code, prepared on behalf of the Chilmington Green Consortium, was approved by Ashford Council in July 2016 as a Supplementary Planning Document, to set high quality standards and embed Garden City principles.

Project Delivery

  • Masterplan for a sustainable 21st Century Garden Suburb for Ashford.
  • Design Code approved by Ashford Council as a Supplementary Planning Document.
  • A Quality Charter to which the four developers have signed up has also helped shape the Design Code by providing a re-interpretation of Garden City principles for the modern day.
  • A series of stakeholder workshops and a Community Planning Event attended by the local community developed the vision, design principles and masterplan for the site.
  • Chilmington Green will provide up to 5,750 new homes, over 1,000 new jobs, a new secondary school, up to four new primary schools, two local centres and a District Centre; with employment space, a supermarket, a community hub, shops, cafés and restaurants.
  • The masterplan process enabled Ashford Borough Council to adopt the Chilmington Green Area Action Plan in July 2013.
  • A range of community, sports and play facilities will be provided within the network of green spaces across the site as well as contributing to Discovery Park, a strategic park on the eastern edge of the site.
  • Outline Planning Application was submitted in July 2012 and approved subject to Section 106 agreement in 2014.

Awards

Placemaking Awards 2014
Strategic Planning – Winner
Urban Design Group Awards 2013
Masterplanning Award

Project type: Settlement Extension
Location: Ashford, UK
Client: Chilmington Green Consortium
Stage: On-site
Programme: 2009–ongoing
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Project Team
Clare San Martin
Clare San Martin
Consultant
Emma Chung
Emma Chung
Associate
Joe Wood
Joe Wood
Design Manager
Dominic Chapman
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Partner
Aleksandra 'Ola' Likus
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Associate
Tags
Greenfield, Masterplan, Design code
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