Agricultural Land Southwest of Little Furners Wood and Northeast of Ruck Wood, May Shaves, Woodchurch

NOT/2026/0471Prior notification: Building (agricultural/forestry)Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Is GivenDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior notification for an agricultural storage building

Received: 10 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Ashford Borough Council
Ward: Weald Central

ReceivedReceived10 Mar
ValidatedValidated10 Mar
Consult.Consultation26 Mar
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided1 Apr

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Agricultural Land Southwest of Little Furners Wood and Northeast of Ruck Wood, May Shaves, Woodchurch. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 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 65 applications across Weald Central.

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

Application type: Prior notification: Building (agricultural/forestry)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Woodchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 26 March 2026
Consultation end: 26 March 2026
Application expires: 7 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Documents: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Woodchurch
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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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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.

Source: Ashford

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