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133, Jemmett Road, Ashford, TN23 4RJ

PA/2025/2364Full planning permissionRefused
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Refused on 2 March 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use from a single dwelling to 2 separate dwellings by internal partition of existing 4 bed house into 2 x 2 bed separate units (retrospective)

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Victoria
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 133, Jemmett Road, Ashford, TN23 4RJ. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 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 29 applications across Victoria. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The development does not provide an adequate quality of life for the occupiers of the proposed dwellings due to the lack of gross internal floorspace within the northernmost unit compared to the minimums recommended in the Nationally Described Space Standards and the lack of private amenity space proposed. The development is, therefore, contrary to Policies SP6 (criterion g), HOU12 and HOU15 of the Ashford Local Plan 2030 and paragraph 135(f) of the NPPF.
  2. The proposal has failed to demonstrate that wastewater from the proposed dwellings would not add to current problems of increasing nitrogen and phosphorus levels at Stodmarsh Lakes which is a site of international importance and designated as a Special Protection Area, Special Area of Conservation, Ramsar site and Site of Special Scientific Interest. The development would therefore be contrary to the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended), Policy ENV1 of the Ashford Local Plan 2030 and paragraph 193 of the National Planning Policy Framework which ensures protection of these areas.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN23 4RJ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Ashford

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Consultation expiry
2 March 2026
Consultation end
2 March 2026
Application expires
4 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6006549
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 June 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Art71-Art/11/00347Part of the site
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.

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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.

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