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Ashford Town Council – paused.
The council decided in July 2026 to create an Ashford Town Council following the outcome of a Community Governance Review. The review was instigated by the council as it wished to check our local democratic arrangements were best designed to serve residents and communities in light of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in Kent which would see the Borough Council replaced with a larger Unitary Council in 2028.
Ministers have since asked councils to pause work that depends on a specific LGR decision, including activity based on the proposed four-unitary model for Kent and Medway. Whilst proposals for an Ashford Town Council were not part of LGR, the decision to create one was based on LGR happening in 2028. In light of the LGR pause, Full Council at its meeting on 15 October decided to pause the implementation of the Town Council.
Whilst the Ashford Town Council has not been cancelled, we will await further government guidance on LGR before reviewing what the future of the town council is. What we do know is that the pause means the Town Council will no longer be implemented in April 2027 as planned.
This stage of the Community Governance Review has now finished. We have published the response data, which is available in the documents in the sidebar. Personal data has been redacted from the dataset in accordance with data protection requirements.
We are launching a Community Governance Review (CGR) to explore whether a new town council should be created for Ashford – the only area in the district currently without a town or parish council.
This is your chance to help decide how Ashford is represented in the future.
We encourage you to read all of the information on our webpage before you complete the survey.G
We welcome views from residents, businesses, community organisations and local groups. You can have your say by completing a short survey which is open until 5pm on 5th December.
As part of the survey, we ask for your address and postcode so that we can understand whether you live, work or deliver services within the Ashford area.
Residents are encouraged to respond online if they can as it saves time and money. Anyone who is unable to respond online can request a paper copy of the questionnaire in the following ways:
If you require the questionnaire in a different language, you can select the relevant language at the top right-hand corner of the online questionnaire page. Alternatively email corporatepolicy.team@ashford.gov.uk who will be happy to help arrange a hard copy translation.
We will publish your responses to Question 1, Question 2 and Question 3 but will not publish yours or anyone else's name or personal details.
We ask that feedback is received by 5pm on Friday 5th December 2025.
Ashford Town Council – paused.
The council decided in July 2026 to create an Ashford Town Council following the outcome of a Community Governance Review. The review was instigated by the council as it wished to check our local democratic arrangements were best designed to serve residents and communities in light of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in Kent which would see the Borough Council replaced with a larger Unitary Council in 2028.
Ministers have since asked councils to pause work that depends on a specific LGR decision, including activity based on the proposed four-unitary model for Kent and Medway. Whilst proposals for an Ashford Town Council were not part of LGR, the decision to create one was based on LGR happening in 2028. In light of the LGR pause, Full Council at its meeting on 15 October decided to pause the implementation of the Town Council.
Whilst the Ashford Town Council has not been cancelled, we will await further government guidance on LGR before reviewing what the future of the town council is. What we do know is that the pause means the Town Council will no longer be implemented in April 2027 as planned.
This stage of the Community Governance Review has now finished. We have published the response data, which is available in the documents in the sidebar. Personal data has been redacted from the dataset in accordance with data protection requirements.
We are launching a Community Governance Review (CGR) to explore whether a new town council should be created for Ashford – the only area in the district currently without a town or parish council.
This is your chance to help decide how Ashford is represented in the future.
We encourage you to read all of the information on our webpage before you complete the survey.G
We welcome views from residents, businesses, community organisations and local groups. You can have your say by completing a short survey which is open until 5pm on 5th December.
As part of the survey, we ask for your address and postcode so that we can understand whether you live, work or deliver services within the Ashford area.
Residents are encouraged to respond online if they can as it saves time and money. Anyone who is unable to respond online can request a paper copy of the questionnaire in the following ways:
If you require the questionnaire in a different language, you can select the relevant language at the top right-hand corner of the online questionnaire page. Alternatively email corporatepolicy.team@ashford.gov.uk who will be happy to help arrange a hard copy translation.
We will publish your responses to Question 1, Question 2 and Question 3 but will not publish yours or anyone else's name or personal details.
We ask that feedback is received by 5pm on Friday 5th December 2025.
