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Nash Court, Watery Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JL

NOT/2026/0180Prior notification: Building (agricultural/forestry)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 February 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification for general purpose agricultural storage building for agricultural machinery, equipment and temporary grain storage.

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downs West
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 20 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Nash Court, Watery Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JL. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 5 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Downs West. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the TN25 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
TN25 4JL
Application type
Prior notification: Building (agricultural/forestry)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Consultation expiry
18 February 2026
Consultation end
18 February 2026
Application expires
26 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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