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The Old Saw Mill, Church Lane, Hastingleigh, TN25 5HN

PA/2024/2213Removal/variation of conditionsRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 29 January 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 5 (tourist occupation) of planning permission 05/01494/AS for change of use of redundant agricultural buildings to holiday lets to allow for an increase from 8 weeks occupation limit to 24 weeks.

Received
28 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bircholt
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at The Old Saw Mill, Church Lane, Hastingleigh, TN25 5HN. Ashford has handled 790 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Bircholt. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the TN25 postcode area.

97% of conditions 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
TN25 5HN
Application type
Removal/variation of conditions
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hastingleigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2024
Consultation expiry
29 January 2025
Consultation end
29 January 2025
Application expires
5 February 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
69 days

Appeal history

3361732
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 August 2025Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Appeal Against Conditions

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13599927
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Barn About 10 Metres North East of Court LodgeOn this site · +4 more
  • Article 4 direction: Oasthouse Court Lodge FarmPart of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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, 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.

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Source: Ashford

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