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Church Elms Farm, Redbrook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3QR

PA/2025/2390Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 10 March 2026

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

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

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for single storey side extension and re-sizing of window to first floor.

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald South
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a single storey side extension at Church Elms Farm, Redbrook Street, Woodchurch, TN26 3QR. Ashford has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Weald South. We hold 1,826 applications in total for the TN26 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. By virtue of the design, form, and detailing of the proposed extension, it would detract from the special character and appearance of the listed building, resulting in less than substantial harm to the heritage asset. No justification, nor overriding public benefit, has been identified to outweigh this harm. As such, the proposal would be contrary to policy ENV13 of the Ashford Local Plan, S16 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, and paragraphs 213 and 215 of the NPPF 2024.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN26 3QR
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Woodchurch;Woodchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Consultation expiry
10 March 2026
Consultation end
10 March 2026
Application expires
11 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 February 2026

Additional information

Documents
13

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    19 Dec

    Single storey side extension with decrease in size of window to first floor.

    RefusedHouseholderFiled alongsidePA/2025/2361
  2. 2025
    19 Dec

    Listed Building Consent for single storey side extension and re-sizing of window to first floor.

    This applicationRefusedListed building consentPA/2025/2390

Source: Ashford

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