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Town Barn, The Street, Smarden, TN27 8NA

PA/2023/1941Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 1 May 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion and Change of Use of Unit 1 to two dwellings, Demolition of Units 2 and 3, and erection of two detached dwellings utilising existing access.

Received
18 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald North
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 196 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Town Barn, The Street, Smarden, TN27 8NA. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 20 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Weald North. We hold 353 applications in total for the TN27 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
TN27 8NA
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Smarden

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2023
Consultation expiry
16 February 2024
Consultation start
23 October 2023
Consultation end
16 February 2024
Application expires
13 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3347050
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 February 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12527906
Documents
24

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

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, 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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