Ashford Designer Outlet, Ashford, TN24 0DQ

PA/2025/0657Full planning permissionApproved

Full

Approved on 23 December 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

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

Proposal

Application for the temporary installation and operation of an observation wheel.

Received: 1 April 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Ashford Borough Council
Ward: Norman

ReceivedReceived1 Apr
ValidatedValidated1 Apr
Consult.Consultation6 Jun
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided23 Dec

Decided in 266 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Ashford Designer Outlet, Ashford, TN24 0DQ. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 266 days, 30 weeks 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 7 applications across Norman. We hold 1,417 applications in total for the TN24 postcode area.

89% of full 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: TN24 0DQ
Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Central Ashford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 April 2025
Consultation expiry: 6 June 2025
Consultation end: 6 June 2025
Committee meeting: 17 December 2025
Application expires: 9 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 283 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 22 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13896519
Documents: 36

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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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