Planning application
Dering Wood, Smarden Bell Road, Smarden
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Forestry commission felling licence
As published by the council, reference NOT/2026/0275
Application record
- Reference
- NOT/2026/0275
- Type
- Forestry Commission
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- No Objection
- Received
- 5 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 5 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 18 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Weald North
- Parish
- Egerton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Feb 2026
Received by Ashford
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18 Feb 2026
Decision issued: No Objection
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Ashford granted permission on 18 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 this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Ashford's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.