Land Known as Part of The Dowles, Kenardington, Ashford

NOT/2026/1546Prior 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 notification for the erection of a steel-framed agricultural livestock building providing covered sheep handling and holding facilities, comprising an open-sided agricultural structure designed for the management, sorting and treatment of livestock associated with an established sheep and cattle farming enterprise.

Received: 26 August 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Ashford Borough Council
Ward: Isle of Oxney

ReceivedReceived26 Aug
ValidatedValidated26 Aug
Consult.Consultation10 Sep
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Known as Part of The Dowles, Kenardington, Ashford. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 August 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 41 applications across Isle of Oxney.

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: Kenardington

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 August 2026
Consultation expiry: 10 September 2026
Consultation end: 10 September 2026
Application expires: 23 September 2026

Planning decision

Decision: Prior Approval Is Given
Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Documents: 6

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.

Source: Ashford

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