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Canal Farm, Hamstreet Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, TN26 2NT

NOT/2026/0042Prior approval Part 3 Class R: Agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial useApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Is GivenDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use of agricultural building to a flexible commercial use falling within Class B8 (storage or distribution).

Received
9 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saxon Shore
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Canal Farm, Hamstreet Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, TN26 2NT. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Saxon Shore. 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 2NT
Application type
Prior approval Part 3 Class R: Agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ruckinge

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Consultation end
5 March 2026
Application expires
6 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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.

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Source: Ashford

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