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Mill Farm, Bethersden Road, Bethersden, Kent

14/00701/ASFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 July 2014

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 as a wood and tractor shed and open fronted timber store (revised scheme to approval 12/01284/AS)

Received
10 June 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central Ward
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Jul
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 36 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 36 days, 3 weeks quicker 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
10 June 2014
Consultation expiry
13 July 2014
Consultation start
19 June 2014
Consultation end
13 July 2014
Target decision date
5 August 2014

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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.

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

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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…

    This applicationApprovedFull14/00701/AS
  2. 2012
    16 Nov

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

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPart of12/01284/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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