Squires Cottages, Olantigh Road, Wye, TN25 5EJ
Approved on 20 April 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Non-material amendment to planning permission 21/00657/AS for Change of use of building from student accommodation to four individual dwellings with rear extension and provision of external door to front elevation; demolition of existing ancillary structures to allow changes to fenestration to front elevation for windows to be 8-paned rather than 4-paned (Retrospective)
- Received
- 23 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Wye with Hinxhill
- ReceivedReceived23 Mar
- ValidatedValidated23 Mar
- Consult.Consultation20 Apr
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided20 Apr
Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Squires Cottages, Olantigh Road, Wye, TN25 5EJ. Ashford has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Wye with Hinxhill. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the TN25 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
- TN25 5EJ
- Application type
- Non-Material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wye with Hinxhill
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 20 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 20 April 2026
- Application expires
- 20 April 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.
© 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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