Bishops Cottage, The Street, Hastingleigh, TN25 5HU
Approved
Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Conversion of detached double garage into ancillary residential accommodation in support of the main dwelling, together with associated works.
- Received
- 17 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Bircholt
- ReceivedReceived17 Apr
- ValidatedValidated21 Apr
- Consult.Consultation16 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Bishops Cottage, The Street, Hastingleigh, TN25 5HU. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Bircholt. 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).
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Application details
- Postcode
- TN25 5HU
- Application type
- Householder planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hastingleigh
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 16 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 May 2026
- Application expires
- 16 June 2026
Planning decision
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
- 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, national parks, 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.
© 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.
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Source: Ashford
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