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Lyncroft, The Ridgeway, Smeeth, TN25 6SQ

PA/2024/2216Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 6 March 2025

Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Listed building consent for the blocking up of doorway and creation of new doorway and for the removal of boxed space at the end of ground floor staircase , widening of the last three treads plus installation of new handrail and balustrade.

Received
28 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bircholt
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Lyncroft, The Ridgeway, Smeeth, TN25 6SQ. Ashford has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 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.

88% of heritage 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 6SQ
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Smeeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2025
Consultation expiry
6 March 2025
Consultation end
6 March 2025
Application expires
6 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 January 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13600544
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Listed building: Grade II: Holly CottageOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

© 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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