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40, Springwood Drive, Ashford, TN23 3LQ

PA/2024/2310Lawful development: Proposed useApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 January 2025

Council decision: Proposed Use/Development Would Be LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed single-storey rear extension.

Received
11 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Godinton
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 40, Springwood Drive, Ashford, TN23 3LQ. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker 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 10 applications across Godinton. We hold 183 applications in total for the TN23 postcode area.

85% of outline 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
TN23 3LQ
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Ashford

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2024
Consultation expiry
31 January 2025
Consultation end
31 January 2025
Application expires
11 February 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13631461
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation OrderCovers the site · +1 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, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Ashford

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