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Vernacular Homes Ltd, The Spinney, Susans Hill, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3TE

NOT/2024/2043Prior approval Offices to dwellinghousesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 December 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Is GivenDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use of offices to one 3 bedroom single-storey dwelling.

Received
31 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald South
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Dec

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Vernacular Homes Ltd, The Spinney, Susans Hill, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3TE. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 3TE
Application type
Prior approval Offices to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woodchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2024
Consultation expiry
10 December 2024
Consultation end
10 December 2024
Application expires
26 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13524196
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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.

Source: Ashford

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