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The Old Hop Gardens, Norton Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AL

22/00134/ASFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 August 2022

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of single storey two bedroom Passivhaus dwelling with further biodiversity enhancements and rewilding. Installtion of GCN pond.

Received
28 January 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Nov
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 186 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Old Hop Gardens, Norton Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, Kent, TN26 3AL. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 20 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 3AL
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bethersden

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2022
Consultation expiry
1 November 2022
Consultation start
16 June 2022
Consultation end
1 November 2022
Target decision date
1 November 2022
Application expires
15 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
No agent details available

Planning decision

Statutory period
267 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10580380
Documents
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Caravans/Agriculture/ForestryPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +3 more
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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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© 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.

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  2. 2022
    28 Jan

    Erection of single storey two bedroom Passivhaus dwelling with further biodiversity enhancements and…

    This applicationApprovedFull22/00134/AS

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