Planning application
Vernacular Homes Ltd, The Spinney, Susans Hill, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3TE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior Approval for change of use of existing offices to one 2no bedroom single-storey dwellinghouse.
As published by the council, reference NOT/2025/1828
Application record
- Reference
- NOT/2025/1828
- Type
- Prior approval Offices to dwellinghouses
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Prior Approval Is Given
- Received
- 25 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 25 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 19 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Weald South
- Parish
- Woodchurch
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN26 3TE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ashford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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NOT/2024/2043 Granted
Vernacular Homes Ltd, The Spinney, Susans Hill, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3TE
Prior approval for change of use of offices to one 3 bedroom single-storey dwelling.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Sep 2025
Received by Ashford
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19 Nov 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
4 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Ashford granted permission on 19 November 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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The Spinney, Susans Hill, Woodchurch, TN26 3TE
84% historically approved · decision due ~13 May
Erection of 2no. dwellings with private amenity alongside associated landscaping, parking and access, following the demolition of the existing offices.
Awaiting decision Full applications Demolition 18 docsSeveral homes -
Vernacular Homes Ltd, The Spinney, Susans Hill, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3TE
Prior approval for change of use of offices to one 3 bedroom single-storey dwelling.
Granted Prior approval 4 docsSmall domestic -
Wayfarer Wines, Highfield Farm, Little Robhurst, Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3TA
Variation of Condition 3 (Opening times) and Condition 4 (Use of building) of Planning Permission 20/00788/AS for Change of use and conversion of existing agricultural building to include ancillary wine tasting room, store and vineyard tours; to allow for extended opening hours and further development within the farm shop.
Granted Amendments 4 docs
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