Planning application
Building At Potteries Farm, Pot Kiln Lane, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3HJ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior approval for the change of use of an agricultural building and land within its curtilage to a two-storey dwelling and associated operational development.
As published by the council, reference NOT/2025/1614
Application record
- Reference
- NOT/2025/1614
- Type
- Prior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Prior Approval Is Given
- Received
- 1 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 1 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 24 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Weald Central
- Parish
- High Halden
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN26 3HJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Sep 2025
Received by Ashford
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24 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Prior Approval Is Given
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Ashford granted permission on 24 October 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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