Wissenden Lodge Farm, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3EJ

NOT/2026/0619Prior notification: Building (agricultural/forestry)Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: Prior Approval Is GivenDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior approval for an extension to existing cattle barn

Received: 30 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Ashford Borough Council
Ward: Weald Central

ReceivedReceived30 Mar
ValidatedValidated30 Mar
Consult.Consultation15 Apr
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Wissenden Lodge Farm, Wissenden Lane, Bethersden, TN26 3EJ. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Weald Central. 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 3EJ
Application type: Prior notification: Building (agricultural/forestry)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bethersden

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 15 April 2026
Consultation end: 15 April 2026
Application expires: 27 April 2026

Planning decision

Decision: Prior Approval Is Given
Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Documents: 7

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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Ashford

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