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The Cosy Kettle, The Lantern Building, The Street, Hamstreet, Ashford, TN26 2HE

22/01058/ASRemoval/variation of conditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 October 2022

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Variation of condition 4 (The preparation and consumption of pizza shall take place on the premises only and no pizza takeaway or delivery service shall be operated from the premises at any time) on planning permission 21/01492/AS (Variation of conditions 2 (food preparation) & 3 (opening hours) on planning permission 13/01458/AS (Change of use from A1 retail to A3 cafe shop/tea room) for the opening hours to be extended until 23:00 and for pizzas to be cooked) to allow for a pizza takeaway service to be provided

Received
29 June 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald South
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated24 Aug
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at The Cosy Kettle, The Lantern Building, The Street, Hamstreet, Ashford, TN26 2HE. Ashford has handled 790 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Weald South. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the TN26 postcode area.

97% of conditions 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 2HE
Application type
Removal/variation of conditions
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Orlestone

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 August 2022
Consultation expiry
13 October 2022
Consultation end
13 October 2022
Target decision date
23 September 2022
Application expires
3 October 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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: Hamstreet
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    29 Jun

    Variation of condition 4 (The preparation and consumption of pizza shall take place on the premises only and…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)22/01058/AS
  2. 2021
    13 Aug

    Variation of conditions 2 (food preparation) & 3 (opening hours) on planning permission 13/01458/AS

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Part of21/01492/AS
  3. 2014
    7 Jan

    Change of use from A1 retail to A3 cafe shop/tea room

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPart of13/01458/AS

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    9 Jul

    Removal of condition 2 on planning permission 13/01458/AS

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)20/00872/AS

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