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William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0LZ

PA/2025/2071Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 January 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of two rooftop air-handling units and associated infrastructure.

Received
5 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Willesborough
  1. Received5 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0LZ. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Willesborough. We hold 1,413 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 0LZ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Willesborough

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2025
Consultation expiry
15 January 2026
Consultation end
15 January 2026
Application expires
16 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
64 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14393331
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ashford - Lacton GreenPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +1 more
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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, 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

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    13 Oct

    Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2025/2338

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentOTH/2026/1841
  2. 2026
    18 Sep

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Construction & Transport Management Plan), 4 (Tree Protection)…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsOTH/2026/1696
  3. 2026
    29 Jun

    Erection of substation and related infrastructure alongside associated landscaping.

    ApprovedFull planning permissionPA/2026/1140
  4. 2022
    6 Jul

    Discharge of condition 11 (Drainage Verification Report)

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions21/00298/CONB/AS
  5. 2003
    23 Jan

    Replacement of existing precast concrete vertical cladding panels to east and west water towers with roofed…

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission03/00118/AS
  6. 2002
    20 Nov

    Single storey extension to Elizabeth Brown unit to form office accommodation

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission02/01805/AS

Source: Ashford

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