Longacres, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2EG

PA/2024/0796Lawful development: Existing useRefused

Lawful development certificate

Refused on 1 July 2024

Council decision: Existing Use/Development Is Not LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate - Existing use of a dwellinghouse.

Received: 24 April 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Ashford Borough Council
Ward: Saxon Shore

ReceivedReceived24 Apr
ValidatedValidated7 May
Consult.Consultation29 May
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided1 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Longacres, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2EG. Ashford has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days 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 47 applications across Saxon Shore. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the TN26 postcode area.

86% of amendment 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 2EG
Application type: Lawful development: Existing use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Ruckinge

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 May 2024
Consultation expiry: 29 May 2024
Consultation end: 29 May 2024
Application expires: 2 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12986335
Documents: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (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, 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.

Source: Ashford

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