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5, Homewood Road, Tenterden, TN30 7AU

PA/2026/0068Outline planning permission: Some matters reservedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 April 2026

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

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Proposal

Outline application for 2no single-storey custom/self-build dwellings and associated parking following demolition of existing garage and utility with all matters reserved save for access and layout.

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tenterden North
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 5, Homewood Road, Tenterden, TN30 7AU. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Tenterden North. We hold 380 applications in total for the TN30 postcode area.

85% of outline 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, SP6, HOU3a and HOU10 of the Ashford Local Plan 2030, Tenterden Neighbourhood Plan 2013 - 2030 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 dwellings, by virtue of their siting behind the established building line with no active street frontage of their own, would represent backland development that would relate poorly to the existing form and layout of development in the locality. As a result, the development would represent an incongruous form of development that would be at odds with the established character and grain of the area, harmful to the visual amenity of the area. The proposal would also represent an over development of the site exacerbating the harm. (b) The traffic movements associated with the access serving the proposed development, running past the front of and to the side of No. 7 Homewood Road and No. 5 Homewood Road, and in close proximity to these properties, would result in unacceptable low levels of amenity for the occupiers of these properties in the long term through noise disturbance and light pollution.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN30 7AU
Application type
Outline planning permission: Some matters reserved
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Tenterden

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2026
Consultation expiry
9 March 2026
Consultation end
9 March 2026
Application expires
23 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Additional information

Documents
17

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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Source: Ashford

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