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Mill Farm, Bethersden Road, Bethersden, Kent

12/01284/ASFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 May 2013

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of land for a commercial workshop/woodyard (relocated from an existing site on Mill Road, Bethersden) and the erection of a new steel portal frame building to be used a wood and tractor shed

Received
16 November 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central Ward
  1. Received16 Nov
  2. Validated16 Nov
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target11 Jan
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 173 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Mill Farm, Bethersden Road, Bethersden, Kent. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 173 days, 17 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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
16 November 2012
Consultation expiry
27 January 2013
Consultation start
3 January 2013
Consultation end
27 January 2013
Target decision date
11 January 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Stratford's The Thorne Estate Office Forge Hill Bethersden Ashford, Kent TN26 3AF

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.

  • 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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Associated applications

  1. 2014
    10 Jun

    Change of use of land for a commercial workshop/woodyard (relocated from an existing site on Mill Road…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionRelated14/00701/AS
  2. 2012
    16 Nov

    Change of use of land for a commercial workshop/woodyard (relocated from an existing site on Mill Road…

    This applicationApprovedFull12/01284/AS

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2012
    28 Aug

    Discharge of condition 4

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions10/01361/CONA/AS

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