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Land between Boughton Cottage and Millview Cottage, Mill Lane, Smarden

OTH/2026/1337Non-Material AmendmentRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2023/1175 for the Erection of 9 bungalows with the provision of new public amenity space, together with associated access from Mill Lane, parking, landscaping, and infrastructure to allow for minor alterations to boundary treatments to the rear of plots 4 to 9 inclusive.

Received
28 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald North
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land between Boughton Cottage and Millview Cottage, Mill Lane, Smarden. Ashford has handled 297 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Weald North.

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

Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Smarden

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2026
Application expires
25 August 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Refuse
Statutory period
28 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.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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.

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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