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5 Bank Street, Ashford, TN23 1BZ

PA/2025/1085Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from class E to residential with conversion to 5no flats with retention of existing retail shop at ground floor and replacement of the timber sash windows on front elevation with new upvc sash windows

Received
9 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Victoria
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 334 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5 Bank Street, Ashford, TN23 1BZ. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 343 days, 41 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 29 applications across Victoria. We hold 181 applications in total for the TN23 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
TN23 1BZ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Central Ashford

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2025
Consultation expiry
13 April 2026
Consultation end
13 April 2026
Application expires
22 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
338 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14075184
Documents
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ashford - Town Centre
  • 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, 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.

© 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: 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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