Egerden Farm, Martens Lane, High Halden, TN26 3JP
Approved on 4 November 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Is GivenDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval for the change of use and associated operational development of an agricultural building and land within its curtilage to 3no. dwellinghouses
- Received
- 26 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Weald Central
- ReceivedReceived26 Mar
- ValidatedValidated26 Mar
- Consult.Consultation4 Nov
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided4 Nov
Decided in 223 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Egerden Farm, Martens Lane, High Halden, TN26 3JP. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 223 days, 24 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.
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 3JP
- Application type
- Prior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- High Halden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 4 November 2025
- Application expires
- 6 November 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 225 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13893564
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.
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