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Land at former Gas Holder Station north east of Stag Enterprise Park, Leacon Road, Ashford, Kent.

OTH/2023/1647Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 November 2023

Council decision: Screening - EIA not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion under Regulation 6(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) in relation to environmental improvement works (remediation) of land.

Received
17 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Victoria
  1. Received17 Aug
  2. Validated17 Aug
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land at former Gas Holder Station north east of Stag Enterprise Park, Leacon Road, Ashford, Kent.. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Victoria. We hold 181 applications in total for the TN23 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
TN23 1QL
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Central Ashford

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 August 2023
Consultation expiry
28 November 2023
Consultation end
28 November 2023
Application expires
7 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12184590
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Ashford - Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 14, the ChurchyardOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    17 Aug

    Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion under Regulation 6(1) of the Town and…

    This applicationApprovedOutlineOTH/2023/1647
  2. 2023
    17 Aug

    Environmental improvement works (remediation) of land.

    ApprovedFull planning permissionFiled alongsidePA/2023/1547

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