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Units 1-7 Elwick Place, Elwick Road, Ashford, TN23 1AX

PA/2025/1892Full planning permissionApproved
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Approved on 23 December 2025

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsPlanning committee3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use relating to all ground floor units from a mix of A1/A3/Sui Generis uses to a flexible use to include: Class E (a) Retail other than for the sale of hot food, (b) the sale of food and drink which is mostly consumed on the premises, (d) Indoor sport, recreation or fitness; Class F1 (b) For the display of artwork (not for sale or hire), (e) As a public hall or exhibition hall; Class F2 (b) Community halls and meeting places; and Sui Generis uses as a: theatre, amusement arcade, public house, wine bar or drinking establishment, drinking establishment with expanded food provision, and live music performance venue.

Received
10 October 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Victoria
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.23 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Units 1-7 Elwick Place, Elwick Road, Ashford, TN23 1AX. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 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 1AX
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Central Ashford

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025
Consultation expiry
23 December 2025
Consultation end
23 December 2025
Committee meeting
17 December 2025
Application expires
5 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
80 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14394988
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Brownfield land register: Elwick Place (Policy TC3) (Land south of Elwick Road & County Square Former Market)Register site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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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