Letter sent on New Year’s Eve warns that area has been purchased for use as customs site.
Deal or no deal, British companies will have to confront a wall of bureaucracy that threatens chaos at the border if they want to sell into the world’s biggest trading bloc when life after Brexit begins on January 1.
Residents next to a large Brexit lorry park in Ashford say it is as bright as Wembley Stadium and has ruined the dark night sky for miles around.
'Post-Brexit reality': Dover delays were 'predictable', says travel journalist Simon Calder [3 mins]
02/04/2023
Travel expert Simon Calder told Andrew Castle the continued delays at Dover port are a result of Brexit.
'These are the consequences': Travel Editor says Brexit is to blame for massive queues at Dover [2 mins]
01/04/2023
When we voted to leave the EU we signed up to such queues and delays at the border, says The Independent's Simon Calder.
From up above, it resembles a sports stadium, void of spectators or athletes. Or a motorway service station, similarly vacant without a car or a lorry in plain sight.
More than 100 lorries have descended on a disused airfield in Kent to stage a massive fake traffic jam – all in the name of Brexit. The bizarre scene is a government test of its plans for UK border disruption in the event the UK leaves with no-deal.
Ministers relying on ‘self-belief in their own rhetoric’, haulage boss tells Commons committee.
Four sites in Kent - with capacity to hold thousands of lorries - have already been mapped out, to ease the pressure on major Channel ports like Dover.
Ashford Brexit lorry park consultation starts - four months after work began on site near Junction 10a
15/10/2020
Residents are being urged to have their say on Ashford's controversial post-Brexit lorry park – four months after work began on the site.
Ashford Brexit lorry park impact still secret as government rejects Freedom of Information request
10/12/2020
Government officials are continuing to block the release of information about the impact of post-Brexit lorry park holding sites, saying it is not in the public interest.
A post-Brexit customs centre for up to 10,000 lorries has been earmarked for a 27-acre site in Kent, in a plan the local MP says came "out of the blue".
The A20 runs through Dover town directly to the docks and it is right next to the small community of Aycliffe
Cabinet Office minister attacks refusal to adopt a ‘laissez-faire approach’ to border controls.
Memo warns of ‘critical gaps’ in new IT systems – with just four months to go to end of transition.
A Kent brewery that the government proclaimed as an export champion after Brexit, is racing to find a buyer weeks after it revealed it had only one EU customer left.
Another Brexit advertising campaign. They've replaced sporting events as signs of the changing seasons. Instead of Wimbledon or the Olympics, we get Michael Gove talking gibberish on television and further millions poured into preparedness exercises for an outcome with no tangible benefits.
Brexit border-line issues: Would you want to still be 'testing' software designed to stop Kent becoming a massive lorry park come 31 December?
04/09/2020
New supply chains, brand new system, and ... oh dear, it's still not ready yet.
Unite says customs paperwork causing delays – despite government’s denial Brexit to blame.
Brexit contingency planning sees police officers from 33 forces across England and Wales called on to help out in Kent
15/02/2021
Police officers from 33 forces have been deployed to help Kent Police manage Brexit contingency plans, it has emerged.
This week, the practical realities of what Brexit is going to mean came into central focus for perhaps the first time, with a new government information campaign.
NHS trust exploring possibility of workers staying overnight if no deal leads to chaos on roads.
Brexit Inland Border Facility off M20 at Sevington, near Ashford, set to cost taxpayers £70 million
01/03/2023
The creation of a giant Brexit border control site off the M20 is likely to cost taxpayers a staggering £70 million, it has emerged.