Hegg Hill House, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, TN27 8NX

PA/2026/0358Householder planning permissionApproved

Householder

Approved

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Extension of garage to form outbuilding with carport.

Received: 24 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Ashford Borough Council
Ward: Weald North

ReceivedReceived24 Feb
ValidatedValidated24 Feb
Consult.Consultation2 Apr
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Hegg Hill House, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden, TN27 8NX. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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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Application details

Postcode: TN27 8NX
Application type: Householder planning permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Smarden

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 2 April 2026
Consultation end: 2 April 2026
Application expires: 5 June 2026

Planning decision

Decision: Approve with Conditions
Statutory period: 101 days

Additional information

Documents: 9

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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Ashford

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