Wye Waste Water Treatment Works, Bridge Street, Wye

OTH/2026/0221Screening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 January 2026

Council decision: Screening - EIA not requiredCounty Matter

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

Proposal

Request for a Screening Opinion as to whether the proposed installation of a temporary Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) and associated Monitoring and Control Panel requires an Environmental Impact Assessment Ref: KCC/SCR/AS/0182/2025

Received: 27 January 2026
Decision level: County Matter
Council: Ashford Borough Council

ReceivedReceived27 Jan
ValidatedValidated4 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided27 Jan

About this application

This is an outline application at Wye Waste Water Treatment Works, Bridge Street, Wye. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,096 applications in total for the TN25 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: TN25 5BN
Application type: Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Wye with Hinxhill

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 February 2026
Application expires: 25 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Documents: 2

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: Wye
Listed building: Grade II: 17, 19 and 21, Church StreetOn or next to this site · +2 more
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Ashford

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