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More than 1,000 homes could be built on a sprawling private school site after teachers announced plans to relocate. Ashford School has been at its historic 15-acre home in East Hill for 111 years but now bosses hope to construct a state-of-the-art campus three miles away. All the school’s buildings near the town centre – some of which are listed – have been put forward in a planning process led by Ashford Borough Council (ABC) to identify suitable building plots. Planning agent Hobbs Parker has submitted the site on behalf of the United Church Schools Trust, which runs the school, saying the l…

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