Land at Lovelace Farm, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, Kent, TN26 3AJ
Approved on 2 May 2019
Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of land from agricultural to use for Shepherds Hut for Holiday Let (retrospective)
- Received
- 13 July 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Weald Central
- ReceivedReceived13 Jul
- ValidatedValidated20 Jul
- Consult.Consultation26 Aug
- TargetTarget Date14 Sep
- DecidedDecided2 May
Decided in 286 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land at Lovelace Farm, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, Kent, TN26 3AJ. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 293 days, 34 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. 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 3AJ
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bethersden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 July 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 26 August 2018
- Consultation start
- 2 August 2018
- Consultation end
- 26 August 2018
- Target decision date
- 14 September 2018
- Application expires
- 14 September 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Hobbs Parker Property Consultants LLP Romney House Monument Way Orbital Park Ashford TN24 0HB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07082076
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
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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