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Converted Barn at New Barn Farm, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, Kent

08/01331/ASFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 October 2008

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Conversion of existing garage to create 2 bedrooms with ensuites, insertion of a new window and door into the north elevation.

Received
14 August 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central Ward
  1. Received14 Aug
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 3 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Converted Barn at New Barn Farm, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, Kent. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

89% of full applications at Ashford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bethersden

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2008
Consultation expiry
11 September 2008
Consultation start
18 August 2008
Consultation end
11 September 2008
Target decision date
5 December 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mason Brannan Architects Wissenden Bethersden Ashford Kent TN26 3EL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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