Planning application
Mackley Farm, Knock Hill, Stone, TN30 7JX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Solar panels to be mounted on east facing roof slope of agricultural barn
As published by the council, reference NOT/2025/2280
Application record
- Reference
- NOT/2025/2280
- Type
- Prior approval Part 14 Class J: Installation or alteration etc of solar equipment on non-domestic premises
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Is Given
- Received
- 9 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 9 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 26 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Isle of Oxney
- Parish
- Stone-cum-Ebony
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN30 7JX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ashford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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PA/2022/3112 Granted
Mackley Farm, Knock Hill, Stone, TN30 7JX
Proposed enclosed and open storage with attached kennels and a covered garden storage building
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Dec 2025
Received by Ashford
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26 Jan 2026
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
8 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Ashford granted permission on 26 January 2026, 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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