Parish
Following a 3-year village campaign and the support of Sevenoaks District Council, the government agreed in December 2007 that Hextable could have its own parish council separate from Swanley Town Council. The new council came into being on 1 April 2008 and the first elections took place on 1 May. All of the Hextable Independent candidates won a seat on the Parish Council.
Two new housing developments of detached 4- and 5-bedroom houses have been built in the 1990s and 2000s, which has helped further improve the local housing stock.
With the support of Hextable Parish Council the village green in the heart of Hextable has been redeveloped with increased planting of trees and flowers and the modernisation of the children's play area. The village is fortunate to have a number of green areas including the village green, 9 acres of Hextable Park, Hextable Gardens, The Avenue of Limes and Claremont Green.
The village has 4,747 residents with 1,800 homes. It is the 5th largest Parish out of 30in the District and in the top 10% of villages in the country for size.
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“When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls, and the stars begin to flicker in the sky,”
—Mitchell Parish (1901–1993)
“There is not a single crowned head in Europe whose talents or merit would entitle him to be elected a vestryman by the people of any parish in America.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“My stardust melody, the memory of love’s refrain.”
—Mitchell Parish (1901–1993)