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Agricultural Buildings B & C at, King Farm, Redbrook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3QR

NOT/2026/0255Prior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghousesRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

A Class Q, Part 3, Schedule 2 GPDO 2015 (as amended) Application for the Change of Use and Conversion of 2No. Agricultural Building into 2No. Residential Dwellings.

Received
9 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald South
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Agricultural Buildings B & C at, King Farm, Redbrook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3QR. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Weald South. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The applicant has failed to demonstrate that Barn 3 is an agricultural building for the purposes of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Whilst the site forms part of a wider agricultural unit, insufficient evidence has been provided to confirm that the building itself has been used solely for agricultural purposes within the relevant period. Observations from the site inspection, including floor staining and internal features consistent with workshop-type activity, indicate that the building has been used for non- agricultural purposes. In the absence of clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, the proposal fails to meet the requirements of Class Q.1 of the Order and therefore does not benefit from permitted development rights.
  2. The local planning authority is of the opinion that the building operations necessary to convert the two barns pursuant to your application go beyond the extent of works that are permitted under the terms of Class Q (c) and Q.1 (j) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (as amended) Order 2015.
  3. The proposed development relating to Barn 3 fails to demonstrate compliance with the floorspace limitation set out under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q.1(c) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). The proposed carport forms part of the overall building envelope, is created as part of the conversion works, and is directly connected to the dwellinghouse. As such, it forms part of the dwellinghouse for the purposes of floorspace calculation. When taken into account, the total floorspace of Barn 3 would exceed 150 square metres. The proposal therefore does not benefit from permitted development rights under Class Q, and prior approval is refused.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN26 3QR
Application type
Prior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woodchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation end
2 April 2026
Application expires
6 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14

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.

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