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

20/01314/ASFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 November 2020

Council decision: PermitDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of greenhouse and replacement fruit cage

Received
25 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central
  1. Received25 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.26 Oct
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Thorne, Forge Hill, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AF. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days 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. 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 3AF
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bethersden

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2020
Consultation expiry
26 October 2020
Consultation start
2 October 2020
Consultation end
26 October 2020
Target decision date
29 September 2020
Application expires
24 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
No agent details available

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 October 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09104336
Documents
12

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

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2015
    1 Jun

    Description: Fell x1 self seeded cedar and x1 chequer tree dead and/or dangerousT1,Cedar, Reason for work…

    ApprovedTrees15/00092/TC
  2. 2013
    26 Sep

    Description: Fell and remove a cluster of five small Ash trees

    ApprovedTrees13/00166/TC
  3. 2013
    11 Jun

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

    ApprovedAgricultural Notification13/00650/AS
  4. 2013
    7 Jun

    Removal of existing and erection of new partition walls to ground floor, erection of new partitions to 1st…

    PendingListed building consent13/00633/AS
  5. 2013
    7 Jun

    Insertion of 2 roof lights and 5 sun pipes, creation of 1 x opening to South and East elevations. Removal of…

    WithdrawnListed building consent13/00634/AS
  6. 2012
    4 Jul

    Discharge of condition 2

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions12/00520/CONA/AS

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