The Oast House, Duckies Farm, Headcorn Road, Smarden, TN27 8PN

PA/2024/0158Full planning permissionApproved

Full

Approved on 6 September 2024

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from oast to dwelling. (retrospective)

Received: 26 January 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Ashford Borough Council
Ward: Weald North

ReceivedReceived26 Jan
ValidatedValidated8 Jul
Consult.Consultation6 Sep
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided6 Sep

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Oast House, Duckies Farm, Headcorn Road, Smarden, TN27 8PN. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 224 days, 24 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building 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 8PN
Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Smarden

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 July 2024
Consultation expiry: 6 September 2024
Consultation end: 6 September 2024
Application expires: 6 September 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 60 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 24 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12759187
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.

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© 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.

Source: Ashford

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