Ashford Amazon warehouse approved for Waterbrook Park
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Updated: 19:31, 21 January 2021
A giant warehouse linked to distribution giant Amazon has been approved for a site in Ashford.
Work can now begin on the 18.5-acre plot on Waterbrook Park following the decision at last night s Ashford Borough Council meeting.
How the huge storage and distribution facility could look on Waterbrook Park
Construction work on the GSE Group-led project is anticipated to begin in April, with completion expected in February 2022.
Although bosses are yet to reveal the name of the operator, Amazon has been rumoured and has long been linked with Ashford after a leaked ABC document in 2014 seemed to confirm it was coming to the town.
Conservationist challenge to protect Swanscombe Peninsula land earmarked for multi-billion pound London Resort theme park
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A long-mooted multi-billion-pound theme park faces a new and unlikely foe - a rare jumping spider.
It is one of hundreds of at risk species whose habitat is threatened by London Resort, set to be open by 2024 on the Swanscombe Peninsula, between Dartford and Gravesend - and now conservationists have lodged an application with the government to protect the site.
The Swanscombe Peninsula is home to a critically endangered species of rare jumping spider. Photo: Ray Watson
The £2.5bn project was first designated as a âNationally Significant Infrastructure Projectâ (NSIP) in 2012 and has now formally lodged a planning application, known as a development consent order, with the governmentâs planning arm.