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Appledore Methodist Church, The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent TN26 2AE

PA/2023/1461Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 6 October 2023

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Partial demolition of western extension, change of use, and conversion from redundant Methodist Church to holiday let accommodation with associated private amenity.

Received
3 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Isle of Oxney
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Appledore Methodist Church, The Street, Appledore, Ashford, Kent TN26 2AE. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Isle of Oxney. 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 2AE
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Appledore

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2023
Consultation expiry
25 September 2023
Consultation start
16 August 2023
Consultation end
25 September 2023
Application expires
12 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12359826
Documents
16

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.

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