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The Thorne, Forge Hill, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AF

11/01216/ASFull Planning PermissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 29 November 2011

Council decision: Withdrawn By ApplicantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The installation of 16 Solar PV panels on top of a slate roof to the south side of garages (approved under application 10/00596/AS)

Received
11 October 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central Ward
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at The Thorne, Forge Hill, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AF. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 49 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the TN26 postcode area.

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

Postcode
TN26 3AF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bethersden

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2011
Consultation expiry
18 November 2011
Consultation start
25 October 2011
Consultation end
18 November 2011
Target decision date
19 December 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
No agent details available

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Bethersden
  • Listed building: Grade II: Thorne FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    25 Sep

    Erection of greenhouse and replacement fruit cage

    ApprovedFull planning permission20/01314/AS
  2. 2015
    1 Jun

    Description: Fell x1 self seeded cedar and x1 chequer tree dead and/or dangerousT1,Cedar, Reason for work…

    ApprovedTrees15/00092/TC
  3. 2013
    26 Sep

    Description: Fell and remove a cluster of five small Ash trees

    ApprovedTrees13/00166/TC
  4. 2013
    11 Jun

    Housing agricultural machinery and equipment - To facilitate further storage of agricultural machinery and…

    ApprovedAgricultural Notification13/00650/AS
  5. 2013
    7 Jun

    Removal of existing and erection of new partition walls to ground floor, erection of new partitions to 1st…

    PendingListed building consent13/00633/AS
  6. 2013
    7 Jun

    Insertion of 2 roof lights and 5 sun pipes, creation of 1 x opening to South and East elevations. Removal of…

    WithdrawnListed building consent13/00634/AS

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