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Highfields Farmhouse, Stowting Hill, Stowting Common, Ashford, TN25 6BG

26/0518/FHFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Provision of access for joint agricultural and residential use (to serve Highfields Farm), with surfacing works.

Received
31 March 2026
Ward
North Downs West
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.4 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Highfields Farmhouse, Stowting Hill, Stowting Common, Ashford, TN25 6BG. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across North Downs West. We hold 1,101 applications in total for the TN25 postcode area.

84% of full applications at Folkestone and Hythe District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN25 6BG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stowting

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2026
Consultation expiry
4 May 2026
Consultation end
4 May 2026
Application expires
3 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

No recorded designations at this site.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (7)

conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens and SSSIs.

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

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© 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.

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