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8 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QE

NOT/2023/2063Prior approval Offices to dwellinghousesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 December 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Is GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval for proposed change of use from Class E (Retail) to Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to form 1 dwelling

Received
1 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald South
  1. Received1 Nov
  2. Validated1 Nov
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 8 Front Road, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3QE. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Weald South. We hold 1,825 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 3QE
Application type
Prior approval Offices to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woodchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 November 2023
Consultation expiry
1 December 2023
Consultation start
7 November 2023
Consultation end
1 December 2023
Application expires
27 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12553661
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Woodchurch
  • Listed building: Grade II: 36, Front RoadOn this site · +1 more
  • 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

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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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Source: Ashford

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