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Roughlands Farm House, Lewd Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PB

PA/2026/0025Full planning permissionRefused
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Refused on 20 March 2026

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

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Proposal

Erection of single-storey property with associated landscaping and garage. (Self-Build)

Received
8 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald North
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.14 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Roughlands Farm House, Lewd Lane, Smarden, TN27 8PB. 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 are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Weald North. We hold 353 applications in total for the TN27 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 proposal is contrary to Policies SP1, SP2, SP6, HOU5 and ENV3a of the Ashford Local Plan 2030, Landscape Character SPD and Central Government guidance contained in the NPPF and would therefore be contrary to interests of acknowledged planning importance for the following reasons: (a) The proposed development, by virtue of its location outside of the built up confines of Smarden does not lie within easy walking distance of basic day to day services of the closest settlement of Smarden, and would therefore give rise to an unsustainable form of development, over reliant on the private motor car to access everyday services to the detriment of the environment and contrary to the core principles of the Local Plan and the NPPF which seek to promote sustainable development in rural areas. (b) The proposed development would introduce an overtly domestic form of development to a rural location. This would significantly and demonstrably harm the rural character and appearance of this part of Lewd Lane and the wider landscape. Furthermore, the long and pivoted building form with extensive ground coverage and flat roof elements would introduce an incongruous building form into this rural location. The proposal would be harmful to the visual amenity of the area.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN27 8PB
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Smarden

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2026
Consultation expiry
14 February 2026
Consultation end
14 February 2026
Application expires
13 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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