Stanhope, Kent
| Stanhope | |
| Kent | |
|---|---|
 Flats on Sandling Close, Stanhope | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ996408 |
| Location: | 51°7’53"N, 0°51’14"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 4,068 (2011) |
| Post town: | Ashford |
| Postcode: | TN23 |
| Dialling code: | 01233 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Ashford |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Ashford |
Stanhope is a small urban village, newly developed as a neighbourhood of Ashford in Kent. It is a residential estate built in the 1960s on the southern edge of the town. It is currently the subject of phased re-development and its population, as such, grew by 235 in the ten years from 2001 accompanied by a mixture of new and replacement housing.
Re-development
The complete Stanhope regeneration project, planned and developed since 1999, is a £200 million Private Finance Initiative whereby the private sector partner is responsible for maintaining amenities and rebuilding housing stock over 30 years. The cornerstone of the scheme is to demolish all of the 410 flats on the estate and replace them with more than 400 mixed-type new homes. The new homes are a mix of rented housing, owned and managed by a housing association, shared ownership and houses for private, outright sale. [1] The initial demolition was carried out by the Council in October 2004.[2]
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