Residents have spoken of ‘huge disappointment’ after divisive plans for a sewage treatment plant to serve almost 6,000 new homes were approved following an appeal. Ashford Borough Council (ABC) refused the proposal for the facility at the sprawling Chilmington Green housing development, in Shadoxhurst, near Ashford, in May. But last month developers Hodson Developments appealed the authority’s decision to reject the plant to the Planning Inspectorate, arguing a solution to treating wastewater was a vital part of the already-under-construction garden town. Problems relating to the impact of was…
