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Oakleigh House, Watercress Lane, Ashford

OTH/2025/1111Non-Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 29 July 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Non material amendment to planning permission PA/2022/2774 (Redevelopment of site to provide 54 apartments for Independent Living for Older People and 5 apartments for Adults with Learning Disabilities, with associated communal facilities, landscaping and parking); to allow for changes to layout and external appearance.

Received
12 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Beaver
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Oakleigh House, Watercress Lane, Ashford. Ashford has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Beaver. We hold 181 applications in total for the TN23 postcode area.

86% of amendment 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
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
54
Parish
Central Ashford

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2025
Consultation expiry
29 July 2025
Consultation end
29 July 2025
Application expires
4 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
53 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14083266
Documents
19

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.

Source: Ashford

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