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Princes Pond, 1 Bears Green, Bears Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, TN23 3US

PA/2025/2278Householder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 27 February 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Conversion of loft space including installation of rooflights to front and rear elevation, and construction of single storey rear extension

Received
9 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated30 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Princes Pond, 1 Bears Green, Bears Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, TN23 3US. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 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 65 applications across Weald Central. 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 3US
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bethersden

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 December 2025
Consultation expiry
26 January 2026
Consultation end
26 January 2026
Application expires
24 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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.

© 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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