Mackley Farm, Knock Hill, Stone, TN30 7JX
Approved on 26 January 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Is GivenDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
Proposal
Solar panels to be mounted on east facing roof slope of agricultural barn
- Received
- 9 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Isle of Oxney
- ReceivedReceived9 Dec
- ValidatedValidated9 Dec
- Consult.Consultation26 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided26 Jan
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Mackley Farm, Knock Hill, Stone, TN30 7JX. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Isle of Oxney. We hold 380 applications in total for the TN30 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
- TN30 7JX
- Application type
- Prior approval Part 14 Class J: Installation or alteration etc of solar equipment on non-domestic premises
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stone-cum-Ebony
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 January 2026
- Application expires
- 3 February 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14546068
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): High Weald
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202320 Dec
Prior notification for an agricultural storage building
ApprovedOutlineNOT/2023/2364 - 202310 Oct
Prior Notification for agricultural storage barn with lean to
RefusedOutlineNOT/2023/1895 - 202216 Dec
Proposed enclosed and open storage with attached kennels and a covered garden storage building
ApprovedFull planning permissionPA/2022/3112
Source: Ashford
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