Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ

OTH/2024/0902Discharge of Condition(s)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 May 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Details submitted pursuant to conditions 9 (Surface Water), 11 (Foul Drainage) & 32 (Levels - partial discharge) of planning permission 22/01067/AS

Received: 13 May 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Ashford Borough Council
Ward: Bybrook

ReceivedReceived13 May
ValidatedValidated13 May
Consult.Consultation30 May
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided30 May

Decided in 382 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ. Ashford has handled 790 applications of this type. This one was decided in 382 days, 47 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Bybrook. We hold 1,413 applications in total for the TN24 postcode area.

97% of conditions 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: TN24 8QQ
Application type: Discharge of Condition(s)
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Kennington

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 May 2024
Consultation expiry: 30 May 2025
Consultation end: 30 May 2025
Application expires: 30 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 382 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13043857
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.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Listed building: Grade II: Former barn to west of Bybrook TavernOn or next to this site · +1 more
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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9 other applications at this property, newest first.

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