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81-83 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6LB

PA/2025/2119Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 22 January 2026

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

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Proposal

Listed building Consent for the installation of 6 solar panels onto the rear flat roof dormer extension.

Received
14 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tenterden South
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.22 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jan

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a dormer extension at 81-83 High Street, Tenterden, TN30 6LB. Ashford has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Tenterden South. We hold 380 applications in total for the TN30 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 solar panels proposed, by virtue of their form, appearance and siting, would introduce a conspicuous, modern and visually intrusive element onto a sensitive part of the building’s historic roofscape which would harm the architectural and historic interest of the building. In the absence of sufficient public benefits to outweigh this harm, the proposal is contrary to criterion a) of Policy ENV10 and Policy ENV13 of the Ashford Local Plan 2030, paragraphs 212, 213 and 215 of the NPPF and Section 16 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN30 6LB
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Tenterden

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2025
Consultation expiry
22 January 2026
Consultation end
22 January 2026
Application expires
23 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
65 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14455358
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Tenterden
  • Listed building: Grade II: Pittlesden GatehouseOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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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Source: Ashford

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