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Hopes Grove Nurseries, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 7LT

PA/2023/1875Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 February 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land and erection of new dwelling to replace former Oasthouse as a dwelling, with amenity garden, parking and garage following removal of polytunnels.

Received
6 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rolvenden & Tenterden West
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 494 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Hopes Grove Nurseries, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent TN30 7LT. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 500 days, 63 weeks longer 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 26 applications across Rolvenden & Tenterden West. We hold 380 applications in total for the TN30 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
TN30 7LT
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Tenterden

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2023
Consultation expiry
25 December 2024
Consultation start
13 October 2023
Consultation end
25 December 2024
Application expires
19 February 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
496 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12507151
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): High WealdPart of the site
  • 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.

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© 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.

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Source: Ashford

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