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Park Cottage Polla House, Church Lane, Hothfield, Ashford, TN26 1EL

PA/2023/0904Householder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 5 July 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed infill side extension

Received
10 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Upper Weald
  1. Received10 May
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.5 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at Park Cottage Polla House, Church Lane, Hothfield, Ashford, TN26 1EL. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Upper Weald. We hold 1,826 applications in total for the TN26 postcode area.

89% of full 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
TN26 1EL
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hothfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2023
Consultation expiry
5 July 2023
Consultation start
18 May 2023
Consultation end
5 July 2023
Application expires
11 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15

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: Hothfield
  • 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 (22)

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, 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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