Skip to content

Cedar House Farm, Canterbury Road, Challock, TN25 4DL

PA/2026/0083Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 19 March 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Erection of one self-build dwelling with associated access, parking, cart shed, landscaping and bike store.

Received
16 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downs West
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Cedar House Farm, Canterbury Road, Challock, TN25 4DL. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Downs West. We hold 1,099 applications in total for the TN25 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, if permitted, would result in the creation of a new dwelling outside the built confines of Challock or any other identified town or village within the Ashford Local Plan 2030, the need for which has not been demonstrated sufficiently to override normal restraint policies. It would constitute unsustainable unjustified residential development in this rural location resulting in additional vehicle movements and the need to travel by private car contrary to policies SP1, SP6 and HOU5 of the Ashford Local Plan (2030) and paragraphs 83, 84, 110 and 117 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).
  2. The proposal, by reason of the design, layout and over-domestication of the site generally would result in an unacceptable and visually intrusive form of development that would be detrimental to the rural character and appearance of the site and the surrounding countryside, which is located in the National Landscape and should be afforded the highest level of protection. Therefore, it would be contrary to the aims and objectives of Policies SP1, SP6, HOU5 and ENV3b of the Ashford Local Plan 2030 and paragraphs 135 and 187 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN25 4DL
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Challock

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Consultation expiry
19 March 2026
Consultation end
19 March 2026
Application expires
19 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near TN25

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for new homes on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address