Ashford Parking: £2 Overnight Charge Dropped, Fees Up in Feb

This is the Ashford in Kent, the one on the high-speed line, not the Ashford near Staines. The borough runs from the town and Willesborough and Kingsnorth out through Charing, Hothfield, Bethersden and Wye, down to Hamstreet and the edge of the marsh, and across to Tenterden, Biddenden and Rolvenden in the Weald.

Ashford has grown quickly, and growth is mostly recorded in paperwork before anyone sees it on the ground. Ashford Borough Council publishes planning applications, licensing notices, committee papers and budgets, and those documents are where most of what changes here is decided. We read them and write down what they say, with a link to the original every time.

Where to look

• Ashford house prices: what homes in TN23 and TN24 actually sold for, from Land Registry records, and how Tenterden and the villages compare.
• Trains to London: the high speed line against the classic line, times, last trains and what each season ticket costs.
• Roadworks and travel: what is shut, where Operation Brock is, and which M20 junction you actually want.
• Things to do in Ashford: eleven days out with prices and opening days checked against each venue.
• Planning news: the Local Plan timetable, the housing numbers and what is happening at Chilmington Green. All five sit in Local Info, and each one names its sources so you can check them yourself.

Every fact carries a link to the document behind it.