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

13/00650/ASAgricultural NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 18 July 2013

Council decision: Prior Approval Is GivenDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

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

Received
11 June 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central Ward
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jun
  3. Consult.26 Jun
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided18 Jul

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at The Thorne, Forge Hill, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AF. Ashford has handled 93 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. 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.

92% of all 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
Agricultural Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bethersden

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 June 2013
Consultation expiry
26 June 2013
Consultation start
13 June 2013
Consultation end
26 June 2013
Target decision date
9 July 2013

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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

9 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. 2012
    4 Jul

    Discharge of condition 2

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions12/00520/CONA/AS
  5. 2012
    4 May

    Extension of existing garden walls to the front of the property and alteration of the gates to the…

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission12/00520/AS
  6. 2011
    28 Nov

    Discharge of condition 2

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions10/00596/CONA/AS

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