Mill Farm, Old Surrenden Manor Road, Bethersden, Kent
Approved on 23 November 2009
Council decision: Proposed Use/Development Would Be LawfulDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Repairs and refurbishment of Building "A" at Mill Farm
- Received
- 17 August 2009
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Weald Central Ward
- ReceivedReceived17 Aug
- ValidatedValidated17 Aug
- Consult.Consultation12 Sep
- TargetTarget Date12 Oct
- DecidedDecided23 Nov
Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Mill Farm, Old Surrenden Manor Road, Bethersden, Kent. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address.
85% of outline 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
- Cert. of Lawful Use or Dev (prop)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bethersden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 August 2009
- Consultation expiry
- 12 September 2009
- Consultation start
- 19 August 2009
- Consultation end
- 12 September 2009
- Target decision date
- 12 October 2009
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Lee Evans Town Planning Chartered Town Planning & Development Consultants Lee Court, 26a Castle Street, Canterbury Kent CT1 2PU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201029 Sep
Conversion and change of use of agricultural buildings to small scale rural enterprises B1 (light…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission10/01361/AS - 20076 Dec
Proposed conversion / rebuilding (including repair of fire damage) of farm buildings & change of use to small…
RefusedFull Planning Permission07/02222/AS - 20075 Sep
Replacement general purpose agricultural building
ApprovedFull Planning Permission07/01613/AS - 200710 Aug
Replacement general purpose building
ApprovedAgricultural Notification07/01484/AS
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