Daniel Farm, Daniel Farm, Smarden Bell Road, Ashford, TN27 0SY
Refused on 12 January 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal
Proposal
Prior notification for 2 x agricultural storage buildings
- Received
- 19 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Upper Weald
- ReceivedReceived19 Dec
- ValidatedValidated19 Dec
- Consult.Consultation5 Jan
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Jan
Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Daniel Farm, Daniel Farm, Smarden Bell Road, Ashford, TN27 0SY. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Upper Weald. 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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Why it was refused
- The proposed agricultural buildings have not been demonstrated as reasonably necessary for the purposes of agriculture within the unit due to the absence of any agricultural activity and the lack of evidence that an agricultural trade or business is being carried out. Furthermore, the site appears to be, or to have been, in mixed commercial/agricultural use (Sui Generis). For these reasons, the Local Planning Authority considers that the proposed development does not meet the requirements of Class A, Part 6, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Accordingly, planning permission would be required for the development.
- Notwithstanding the above, the siting of the proposed buildings remotely from the original farm buildings, without any compelling justification, would result in a prominent and intrusive form of development that would cause significant and unacceptable visual harm to the detriment of the undeveloped open countryside contrary to the provisions of Policy ENV3a of the Ashford Local Plan 2030 and the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- TN27 0SY
- Application type
- Prior notification: Building (agricultural/forestry)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Pluckley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 5 January 2026
- Application expires
- 16 January 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
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.
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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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