Planning application
5 Bank Street, Ashford, TN23 1BZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Prior approval for the conversion of 3rd Floor Loft from commercial office to a 1no person 1no bedroom flat.
As published by the council, reference NOT/2026/0957
Application record
- Reference
- NOT/2026/0957
- Type
- Prior Approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, Business and Service to dwellinghouse
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Prior Approval Is Given
- Received
- 21 May 2026
- Validated
- 5 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 17 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Victoria
- Parish
- Central Ashford
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN23 1BZ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ashford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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OTH/2026/1352 Awaiting decision
5 Bank Street, Ashford, TN23 1BZ
Regulation 77 application to assess nutrient neutrality for application NOT/2026/0957
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 May 2026
Received by Ashford
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5 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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17 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Is Given
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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OTH/2026/1352 Awaiting decision
5 Bank Street, Ashford, TN23 1BZ
Regulation 77 application to assess nutrient neutrality for application NOT/2026/0957
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 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 17 July 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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