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Unit 6, Mill Farm Business Units, Fridd Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3DB

16/00746/ASFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 July 2016

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from a Commercial Workshop/Woodyard and covered storage to light industrial and storage (B1 & B8) use and external storage & parking

Received
19 May 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.17 Jun
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 6, Mill Farm Business Units, Fridd Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3DB. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Weald Central. 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 3DB
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bethersden

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2016
Consultation expiry
17 June 2016
Consultation start
24 May 2016
Consultation end
17 June 2016
Target decision date
14 July 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
STRATFORD The Thorne Estate Office Forge Hill Bethersden Ashford TN26 3AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05157739
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.

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.

Source: Ashford

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