Made in Ashford in Park Mall wins Good Retails Award for 2021
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Updated: 09:17, 23 February 2021
A store in Ashford has won a top retail award after being described as a breath of bright, rainbow-coloured air by judges.
Made in Ashford is a community-led craft shop in the town s Park Mall which brings together dozens of traders into one retail hub.
Made in Ashford has won a top retail award. Picture: Ashford Borough Council
And it has now lifted the Good Retail Awards Retail District award for 2021. The category sets out to find retail areas that produce innovative campaigns and initiatives to create a buzz around the store.
Ashford Borough Council to reveal exciting update on Mecca Bingo plan in early 2021
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Updated: 22:27, 31 December 2020
Bosses behind the controversial redevelopment of a former bingo hall say they will be able to issue an exciting update in early 2021.
Inside the former bingo hall
Early plans first unveiled in February 2019 include demolishing the rear of the ex-Mecca Bingo site and turning the Vicarage Lane car park into a public square featuring an outdoor cinema screen.
He dismissed calls for the 1936-built hall to be turned into a theatre, adding: I think you might be pleasantly surprised with what Milligan hopes to do with the Mecca Bingo site.â
Ashford town centre reset approved as Mecca Bingo theatre debate continues
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Updated: 17:19, 16 December 2020
A bold blueprint aimed at overhauling Ashford town centre has been approved â but councillors are calling for more transparency.
As revealed last month, the town centre reset plan lays out the borough councilâs methodology for how to make the high street and surrounding roads more appealing to shoppers.
The Park Mall shopping centre could become a residential scheme
It will see an investment corridor created between the high street and Ashford International station, aimed at beautification, improved shop diversity and culture.
The reportâs author â Ashford Borough Councilâs (ABC) town centre regeneration manager Hannah Clayton-Peck â suggests Park Mall could be converted into housing, while highlighting Middle Row as an area with âuntapped potentialâ.
16-storey Ashford Shard plan deferred for second time by Ashford Borough Council Planning Committee
Published: 06:00, 10 December 2020
Plans for one of the tallest buildings in Kent have been sent back to the drawing board for a second time by a council committee.
Last night, Ashford borough councillors overwhelmingly voted to defer the apartment block scheme featuring a 16-storey tower nicknamed the Ashford Shard .
Councillors have voted to defer the Ashford Shard plan as it currently stands
The grandscale scheme is earmarked for the corner of Beaver Road and Victoria Road - a site which once housed HomePlus Furniture.
Being led by the council s property investment arm, A Better Choice for Property Ltd, the 207-apartment complex would consist of two blocks connected by a central courtyard with nine townhouses attached.