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Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ

Granted Ashford OTH/2025/2167 Discharge of Condition(s)

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Details submitted pursuant to condition 22 (Reptile Mitigation strategy - Translocated Report) for planning permission PA/2025/1208

As published by the council, reference OTH/2025/2167

Application record

Reference
OTH/2025/2167
Type
Discharge of Condition(s)
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
21 Nov 2025
Validated
21 Nov 2025
Decided
12 Mar 2026
Ward
Bybrook
Parish
Kennington
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TN24 8QQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ashford register

This site has had 8 applications since 2025: 8 approved, 0 refused.

  • OTH/2026/1547 Granted

    Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ

    Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2025/1208 for the erection of a Class E retail unit alongside access, car parking, landscaping and associated works to allow changes to: • The Reverse Vending Machines (Deposit Return Scheme (DRS)) specification has been updated, allowing its relocation closer to the store entrance. • Relocation of car and motorcycle spaces to facilitate the re-positioning of the DRS closer to the store entrance • The accessible EV spaces have been relocated closer to the store entrance • EV spaces have been relocated away from the proposed surface water drainage route • The provision of a free standing InPost locker unit, located behind the retaining wall.

    Decided 23 Sep 2026 Amendments
  • OTH/2026/1264 Granted

    Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ

    Details submitted pursuant to Condition 16 (SCOOT System) for Planning Permission PA/2025/1208

    Decided 14 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2026/1269 Granted

    Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ

    Details submitted pursuant to Condition 18 (Delivery Management Plan) of Planning Permission PA/2025/1208

    Decided 10 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2026/1267 Granted

    Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ

    Details submitted pursuant to Condition 5 (unexpected contamination remediation scheme) of Planning Permission PA/2025/1208

    Decided 10 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2026/0763 Granted

    Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (green roof) of planning application PA/2025/1208

    Decided 18 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2026/0730 Granted

    Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ

    Details submitted pursuant to Condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission PA/2025/1208

    Decided 15 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2025/1922 Granted

    Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ

    Non-Material Amendment to Planning Permission PA/2025/1208 for Variation of Conditions to (The erection of a Class E retail unit alongside access, car parking , landscaping and associated works); to allow changes to Condition 16 (Installation of SCOOT System) for alignment of the wording of the condition with the submitted technical note and KCC Highways advice.

    Decided 29 Oct 2025 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Nov 2025

    Received by Ashford

  2. 12 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Approve

  3. 13 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

5 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Ashford granted permission on 12 March 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 condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    21/00170/TP Submitted 11 Aug 2021 50 yards away

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  • Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ

    OTH/2025/1922 Submitted 15 Oct 2025 50 yards away

    Non-Material Amendment to Planning Permission PA/2025/1208 for Variation of Conditions to (The erection of a Class E retail unit alongside access, car parking , landscaping and associated works); to allow changes to Condition 16 (Installation of SCOOT System) for alignment of the wording of the condition with the submitted technical note and KCC Highways advice.

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  • Former Houchin Playing Fields, Canterbury Road, Kennington, TN24 8QQ

    OTH/2026/1547 Submitted 26 Aug 2026 50 yards away

    Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2025/1208 for the erection of a Class E retail unit alongside access, car parking, landscaping and associated works to allow changes to: • The Reverse Vending Machines (Deposit Return Scheme (DRS)) specification has been updated, allowing its relocation closer to the store entrance. • Relocation of car and motorcycle spaces to facilitate the re-positioning of the DRS closer to the store entrance • The accessible EV spaces have been relocated closer to the store entrance • EV spaces have been relocated away from the proposed surface water drainage route • The provision of a free standing InPost locker unit, located behind the retaining wall.

    Granted Amendments 3 docs

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