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Bridge Cottage, Highfield Lane, Sevington, TN24 0FN

PA/2025/0495Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 26 January 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for three roof lights on the rear elevation (retrospective)

Received
17 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 315 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Bridge Cottage, Highfield Lane, Sevington, TN24 0FN. Ashford has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 315 days, 37 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 36 applications across Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry. We hold 1,413 applications in total for the TN24 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed insertion of the rooflights may result in the irreversible loss of historic fabric that contributes positively to the significance of the listed building and would result in harm to the character of the catslide roof form feature of significance through the introduction of incongruous additions. The proposal would therefore result in less than substantial harm to the significance, special architectural and historic interest of the Listed building. Therefore, the proposal is contrary to Policy ENV13 of the Ashford Local Plan 2030, paragraphs 212, 213 and 215 of the NPPF (2024). This harm would not be outweighed by the public benefits.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN24 0FN
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Sevington with Finberry

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2025
Consultation expiry
24 April 2025
Consultation end
24 April 2025
Application expires
26 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
315 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13860330
Documents
9

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: Bridge CottageOn or next to this site
  • 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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