Overhead Lines running southwest for 1km from Great Engeham Manor, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch

OTH/2025/1766Overhead Line ExemptionApproved

Approved

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Increasing the HV overhead line conductors from 2 wires to 3 wires along the alignment highlighted red on the attached plan and upgrading the LV overhead line to ABC along the alignment highlighted in yellow on the plan. There will also be an additional pole installed to support the new upgraded transformer on pole 736215 and two additional stay wires, one each on poles 878783 and 878784

Received: 16 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Ashford Borough Council
Ward: Weald South

ReceivedReceived16 Sep
ValidatedValidated16 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

About this application

This is a planning application at Overhead Lines running southwest for 1km from Great Engeham Manor, Bethersden Road, Woodchurch. Ashford has handled 93 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 16 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Weald South.

92% of all 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: Overhead Line Exemption
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Woodchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 September 2025
Application expires: 28 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 4

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: Woodchurch
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

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© 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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