Bethersden Road, Bethersden
Refused
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior approval to alter/upgrade 2 x existing entrances to create access.
- Received
- 17 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Weald North
- ReceivedReceived17 Apr
- ValidatedValidated17 Apr
- Consult.Consultation4 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an outline application at Bethersden Road, Bethersden. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 April 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 56 applications across Weald North.
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: Road (agricultural/forestry)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Smarden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 4 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 4 May 2026
- Application expires
- 15 May 2026
Planning decision
- Decision
- Prior Approval Refused
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +1 more
- Ancient woodland
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, 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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