From the http://www.ashfordherald.co.uk 12 December, 2014.

Plans to demolish pub and build new homes.

PLANS to knock down the White Horse in Willesborough and replace it with four houses have been submitted to Ashford Borough Council.

Developers want to build three-bedroom town houses on the site of the Kennington Road pub, which has been closed since April this year.

A supporting statement submitted by planning consultants Spillers Associates says the "White Horse" had been badly affected by the national decline in pub trade, with seven landlords and a vacant period during the last 15 years.

It reads: “The application proposes a residential use in an existing residential area and would involve the more efficient and effective use of this vacant urban land.

“The proposed development would not be out of keeping with the varied density and type of housing in the area… It would also be compatible with the adjoining land uses.”

Kent County Council's highways department raised no objection to the plan, providing conditions concerning construction traffic and car and vehicle parking are met.