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Barn at, Elvey Farm, Elvey Lane, Pluckley

NOT/2025/1993Prior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghousesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 December 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Is GivenDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

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

Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use and conversion of an existing agricultural building into two dwelling houses and associated operational development.

Received
28 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Upper Weald
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn at, Elvey Farm, Elvey Lane, Pluckley. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Upper Weald.

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

Application type
Prior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pluckley

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2025
Consultation expiry
24 November 2025
Consultation end
24 November 2025
Application expires
23 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14444184
Documents
12

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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