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If there is anything that you feel the Parish Council should be aware of or there is something we can help you with
please contact Louise Goldsmith (Clerk)
email: [email protected] or call 07900 693572
Rolvenden Neighbourhood Plan Review – Community Survey
What’s happening?
Rolvenden Parish Council is reviewing our Neighbourhood Plan for the parish. The Neighbourhood Plan is a document that contains planning policies that are used to help determine planning applications for development within our Parish. It sits alongside the Local Plan for Ashford Borough Council, carrying equal weight in planning decisions.
Why are we reviewing the Plan?
Neighbourhood planning gives us an opportunity to shape how our parish develops in the future. Since our current plan was adopted, there have been changes to planning policy at a national level. Also, Ashford Borough Council are starting to review their Local Plan. We can review our Neighbourhood Plan to ensure that our policies are up-to-date and to influence change in the parish. For example, we can set out planning policies on topics including the location of any new housing that Ashford Borough Council requires us to deliver, the type of housing, green spaces we wish to safeguard, community facility priorities and improvements to the promote walking, cycling and riding.
How you can get involved
This short survey is one way that we will be gathering information over the coming months about your views on what we should be focusing on in the Neighbourhood Plan. The questions are largely open-ended and some have a series of question prompts - this is to give you an opportunity to share fully your views on a range of topics. Some have a series of questions to inspire your responses.
You can complete all the questions or some of the questions. You are also welcome to complete the survey individually or jointly, for instance, with other members of your family.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Rolvenden1
The November 2025 edition of the Parish Magazine is available here
The next Parish Council Meeting will take place on Thursday 20 November2025 at 7.30pm in the village hall
Members of the public are welcome to attend and there is an opportunity at the start of each meeting for parishioners to speak briefly.
HISTORY
The village of Rolvenden dates from at least Saxon times. The Parish of Rolvenden comprises of the ward of Rolvenden (known locally as the 'Streyte') and the smaller younger (circa 1660) Rolvenden Layne. It is approximately ten square miles in area, given over largely to farming and rural activities, with a growing number of professional, craft and tourist services.
LOCATION
Rolvenden is located on the A28 Ashford to Hastings road, three miles south of Tenterden. It is roughly equidistant from the centres of Ashford, Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone and Hastings. The mainline railway stations are at Headcorn ,(20minutes) and Staplehurst (25 minutes). A Bus service is available to Tunbridge Wells,Hastings and Ashford.
Rolvenden lies within the jurisdiction of Ashford Borough Council and is also within the High Weald AONB and the South Kent development area.
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