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We are a district council which provides services to residents in Ashford,
Tenterden and a large network of surrounding villages.

Our services include keeping the streets clean and collecting rubbish,
renting out social housing (council houses and flats), providing leisure
facilities and play areas and processing council tax, business rates and
housing benefits. We deal with local planning applications, issue licenses
for taxis and licensed premises, look after parks and open spaces, and
parking around our borough.

Please note - services including primary and secondary education, roads,
pavements and street lighting, libraries and adult education, social
services and care, fall outside our service area and are provided by Kent
County Council. If your request falls into one of these categories please
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You may wish to redirect your request to Kent County Council’s Freedom of
Information team who can be contacted at:

·         Email [1][email address]

·         Write to Information Resilience and Transparency Team, Kent
County Council, Room 2.87, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone. ME14
1XQ

If your request relates to any of the above KCC matters but you
nonetheless consider it is within our remit for an exceptional reason
please contact us to discuss the matter further.

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Team

Ashford Borough Council

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For more information about your data protection rights please see the
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Protection Officer, Ashford Borough Council, Civic Centre, Tannery Lane,
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Dear David Patrick, Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information
request, please find attached our response. Kind regards Freedom of
Information Team