Planning application
Unit 6, Ashford Retail Park, Barrey Road, Sevington, TN24 0SG
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior approval for the installation of solar panels to the roof.
As published by the council, reference NOT/2025/2369
Application record
- Reference
- NOT/2025/2369
- Type
- Prior approval Part 14 Class J: Installation or alteration etc of solar equipment on non-domestic premises
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Prior Approval Is Given
- Received
- 22 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 13 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 23 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Highfield
- Parish
- Sevington with Finberry
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN24 0SG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Dec 2025
Received by Ashford
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13 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Feb 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
5 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 23 February 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Ashford Retail Park, Barrey Road, Sevington, TN24 0SG
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (Surface Water Drainage) for planning permission PA/2025/0026 (granted on appeal reference AP-90754)
Granted Conditions 16 docs -
Ashford Retail Park, Barrey Road, Sevington, TN24 0SG
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (External Materials), 5 (Biodiversity Enhancement Plan (BEP)) & 10 (Delivery & Servicing Management Plan) for planning permission PA/2025/0026 (granted on appeal reference AP-90754)
Granted Conditions 11 docs -
Ashford Retail Park, Barrey Road, Sevington, TN24 0SG
Details submitted pursuant to condition 9 (Cycle Storage) for planning permission PA/2025/0026 (granted on appeal reference AP-90754)
Granted Conditions 7 docs -
Ashford Retail Park, Barrey Rd, Ashford, TN24 0SG
Installation of ultra-rapid charging points and associated infrastructure at an existing car park
Granted Full applications 13 docs -
Land adjoining The Paddocks and Orchard Cottage, Church Road, Sevington, TN24 0LD
Variation of condition 16 (use class) and 30 (opening hours) of planning permission PA/2025/0286 for proposed siting of shipping containers for a mixed-use comprising storage (Class B8) and commercial office space (Class E) to allow for use class to be E(g)(i) and longer opening hours.
Granted Amendments 5 docs -
Land adjoining The Paddocks and Orchard Cottage, Church Road, Sevington, TN24 0LD
91% historically approved · decision due ~3 Sep
Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) of planning permission PA/2025/1867 (Variation of condition 16 (use class) and 30 (opening hours) of Planning Permission PA/2025/0286 (Proposed siting of shipping containers for a mixed-use comprising storage (Class B8) and commercial office space (Class E)) to allow for use class to be E(g)(i) and longer opening hours) to allow changes to the orientation of the east/west block.
Awaiting decision Amendments 9 docs
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