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Thorn Farm, Grigsby Lane, Smarden, TN27 8QQ

NOT/2025/0273Prior notification: Building (agricultural/forestry)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 March 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Is GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for an agricultural storage building

Received
17 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald North
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Thorn Farm, Grigsby Lane, Smarden, TN27 8QQ. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Weald North. We hold 353 applications in total for the TN27 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
TN27 8QQ
Application type
Prior notification: Building (agricultural/forestry)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Smarden

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2025
Consultation expiry
17 March 2025
Consultation end
17 March 2025
Application expires
19 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13781999
Documents
11

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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