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Hoardings have gone up in an “eyesore” town centre street as work is finally due to start on a 92-bed hotel. Contractors have moved in on New Rents in Ashford \- almost two years after plans were approved for the four-storey building. Developers are to knock down six shops to make way for the development, which will also feature 10 flats on the top floor. PDSA – the last remaining tenant in the row of shops – remains open but bosses are hoping to move to a unit inside County Square shopping centre. Once empty, contractors are expected to take the roof off the buildings as part of the first pha…

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