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Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE

OTH/2026/0904Non-Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission OTH/2025/1437 for Retention of the existing buildings, goods vehicle parking spaces, entry lanes, refrigerated semi-trailers, staff car parking spaces, access, site infrastructure, utilities, hardstanding, landscaping and ancillary facilities and associated works; and ongoing use of the site for an Inland Border Facility and Border Control Post, operating 24 hours per day, seven days per week. - Reference - CROWN/2025/0000002 to allow changes to Condition 5 - Noise Impact Assessment. Condition 10 - Landscape Maintenance and Management Plan. Condition 11 - Landscape Ecological Management Plan. Condition 12 - Enhances to soft landscaping scheme. Condition 15 - Landscape enhancements to staff entrance on Church Road and Condition 17 - Drainage Strategy

Received
20 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE. Ashford has handled 297 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry. 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 6GE
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mersham

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2026
Application expires
17 June 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Approve
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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