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Saracens Cottage, Surrenden Road, Pluckley, TN27 0SA

PA/2025/1981Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 11 December 2025

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

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Proposal

Listed Building Consent for single storey Orangery with rooflight to the Western façade of the property.

Received
22 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Upper Weald
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Dec

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Saracens Cottage, Surrenden Road, Pluckley, TN27 0SA. Ashford has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Upper Weald. We hold 353 applications in total for the TN27 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 orangery, due to its bulk, massing, siting and inappropriate design features and roof lantern would result in an unsympathetic and incongruous modern form of development that would detract from the character and appearance of the listed building. The extension would obscure views of the rear elevation of the historic part of the listed building which can still be clearly read despite the significant modern extensions. This would serve to further erode the heritage importance, reading and understanding of the building. As such, the proposals would cause less than substantial harm to the character, appearance and significance of the listed building without any overriding public benefit to outweigh this harm.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN27 0SA
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pluckley;Pluckley

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2025
Consultation expiry
27 November 2025
Consultation end
27 November 2025
Application expires
17 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14421560
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    22 Oct

    Proposed single storey Orangery with rooflight to the Western façade of the property.

    RefusedHouseholderFiled alongsidePA/2025/1956
  2. 2025
    22 Oct

    Listed Building Consent for single storey Orangery with rooflight to the Western façade of the property.

    This applicationRefusedListed building consentPA/2025/1981

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