Emma Dring leads Ashford Council in two-week Inquiry on 140-home development
16 Sep 2025
Planning and Environment, Inquests and Inquiries, Local Government

Emma Dring is representing Ashford Council for the next two weeks in a planning inquiry concerning a proposal for 140-homes on an unallocated site outside Hamstreet, Kent, overlooking the Romney Marsh and the Royal Military Canal scheduled monument. Main issues include landscape and heritage effects and the implications of the Council’s current housing land supply position.
With a strong focus on planning, environmental, and local government matters, Emma is renowned for her strategic insight and persuasive advocacy, Emma regularly appears in public inquiries and higher courts.
Learn more about her practice here.