The Barn, Ranpura Farm, Bowl Road, Charing

PA/2025/2027Lawful development: Existing useApproved

Lawful development certificate

Approved on 13 January 2026

Council decision: Existing Use/Development Is LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for existing development, comprising the continued use of The Barn as an independent self-contained dwellinghouse.

Received: 31 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Ashford Borough Council
Ward: Charing

ReceivedReceived31 Oct
ValidatedValidated31 Oct
Consult.Consultation13 Jan
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided13 Jan

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Barn, Ranpura Farm, Bowl Road, Charing. Ashford has handled 297 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 26 applications across Charing.

86% of amendment 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

Application type: Lawful development: Existing use
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Charing

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 13 January 2026
Consultation end: 13 January 2026
Application expires: 16 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 77 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14453677
Documents: 17

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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