Planning application
Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, TN24 0GB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Non-Material Amendment to Permission 18/00098/AS Hybrid planning application for mixed-use development comprising (1) Application for full planning permission for the construction and operation of a 600-space truck stop; a 2,162 sqm GIA service building providing 1,734 sqm GIA of ancillary truck stop service facilities and 878 sqm GIA of B1 offices; buildings providing 6,308 sqm GIA B1 (b and c only), B2 and B8 floorspace for small and medium enterprises; associated access, parking and landscaping, including highway infrastructure works to Waterbrook Avenue and (2) Application for outline planning permission (with all matters reserved) for 8.9ha of employment uses comprising uses falling within use classes B1, B2 and B8, a class A1 superstore of up to 2,323 sqm, drive-through restaurants (use classes A3/A5), a petrol filling station and ancillary convenience store, and car showrooms (sui generis); and up to 400 residential dwellings, with class A1, A3 and A5 neighbourhood retail uses, associated drainage, parking, landscaping and infrastructure; to allow changes to the description of the development and substitution of drawings to Condition 47.
As published by the council, reference OTH/2025/1864
Application record
- Reference
- OTH/2025/1864
- Type
- Non-Material Amendment
- Status
- Valid
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 8 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 8 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 13 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry
- Parish
- Sevington with Finberry
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN24 0GB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ashford register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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OTH/2025/1861 Granted
Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, TN24 0GB
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 3 (Maintenance schedule) of Planning Permission NOT/2023/1021
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OTH/2025/1521 Granted
Waterbrook Park, Waterbrook Avenue, Sevington, TN24 0GB
Details submitted pursuant to part discharge condition 34 (B) only (Framework Commercial Travel Plans) of planning permission 18/00098/AS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Oct 2025
Received by Ashford
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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13 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Ashford granted permission on 13 August 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 amendment applications
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