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Barn at, Low Wood Farm, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Kent

21/01491/ASPrior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghousesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 October 2021

Council decision: Prior Approval Is GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification of change of use of one agricultural barn and land within their curtilage to one larger dwelling house and operational development

Received
13 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated13 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target8 Oct
  5. Decided5 Oct

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn at, Low Wood Farm, Ashford Road, Bethersden, Kent. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Weald Central. We hold 1,826 applications in total for the TN26 postcode area.

85% of outline 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 3AP
Application type
Prior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bethersden

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 August 2021
Consultation expiry
11 September 2021
Consultation start
18 August 2021
Consultation end
11 September 2021
Target decision date
8 October 2021
Application expires
8 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Chris Saunders Associates Office 16 Apple Pie Farm Cranbrook Road Benenden, Kent TN17 4EU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10123401
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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