Application to register land at Quantock Drive at Ashford as a Village Green

Kent County Council has received an application to register land at Quantock Drive, Ashford as a Village Green. Note that this is a different application to another one involving land nearby that was considered recently.

Under the Commons Act 2006, anyone may apply to the County Council for land to be registered as a Town or Village Green, but in order for land to qualify for registration it must be shown that ‘a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, have indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years’. For use of the land to have been ‘as of right’, it must have taken place without any force, secrecy or permission.

At a meeting of the Regulation Committee Member Panel on 01/12/2025, Members resolved to approve the recommendation that the matter be referred to a local Public Inquiry. A copy of the Member Panel report is available here: Agenda for Regulation Committee Member Panel on Monday, 1st December, 2025, 10.00 am.

Further details, including the Notice of Public Inquiry and Inspector's Directions setting out the format the inquiry will take (including instructions for the submission of evidence), can be found in the 'Documents' section.

UPDATE 12/08/2026: Please note that the Inquiry venue has changed and it will now take place at Ashford Borough Council's offices with a slightly earlier start time of 10am on Tuesday 29 September 2026. Please see the Public Inquiry Notice in the Documents section for further details.

Kent County Council has received an application to register land at Quantock Drive, Ashford as a Village Green. Note that this is a different application to another one involving land nearby that was considered recently.

Under the Commons Act 2006, anyone may apply to the County Council for land to be registered as a Town or Village Green, but in order for land to qualify for registration it must be shown that ‘a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, have indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years’. For use of the land to have been ‘as of right’, it must have taken place without any force, secrecy or permission.

At a meeting of the Regulation Committee Member Panel on 01/12/2025, Members resolved to approve the recommendation that the matter be referred to a local Public Inquiry. A copy of the Member Panel report is available here: Agenda for Regulation Committee Member Panel on Monday, 1st December, 2025, 10.00 am.

Further details, including the Notice of Public Inquiry and Inspector's Directions setting out the format the inquiry will take (including instructions for the submission of evidence), can be found in the 'Documents' section.

UPDATE 12/08/2026: Please note that the Inquiry venue has changed and it will now take place at Ashford Borough Council's offices with a slightly earlier start time of 10am on Tuesday 29 September 2026. Please see the Public Inquiry Notice in the Documents section for further details.