Planning application
OTH/2026/0904
Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE
Proposal
Non-material amendment to planning permission OTH/2025/1437 for Retention of the existing buildings, goods vehicle parking spaces, entry lanes, refrigerated semi-trailers, staff car parking spaces, access, site infrastructure, utilities, hardstanding, landscaping and ancillary facilities and associated works; and ongoing use of the site for an Inland Border Facility and Border Control Post, operating 24 hours per day, seven days per week. - Reference - CROWN/2025/0000002 to allow changes to condition 5 - Noise Impact Assessment, condition 10 - Landscape Maintenance and Management Plan, condition 11 - Landscape Ecological Management Plan, condition 12 - Enhanced soft landscaping scheme, condition 15 - Landscape enhancements to staff entrance on Church Road and condition 17 - Drainage Strategy.
As published by the council, reference OTH/2026/0904
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 May 2026
Received by Ashford
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18 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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OTH/2026/0375 Granted
Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE
Non-material amendment to planning permission OTH/2025/1437 (CROWN/2025/0000002) for Retention of the existing buildings, goods vehicle parking spaces, entry lanes, refrigerated semi-trailers, staff car parking spaces, access, site infrastructure, utilities, hardstanding, landscaping and ancillary facilities and associated works; and ongoing use of the site for an Inland Border Facility and Border Control Post, operating 24 hours per day, seven days per week to allow changes to wording of conditions 3 (signage strategy), 13 (litter) and 18 (staff car park).
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OTH/2026/0533 Granted
Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE
Details submitted pursuant to condition 4 (Staff Travel Plan), 6 (Air Quality Management Plan), 8 (Operational Waste Management Plan) and 16 (Emergency Use Strategy) of CROWN/2025/0000002 (Planning ref: OTH/2025/1437).
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OTH/2026/1079 Awaiting decision
Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 2 (lighting mitigation and implementation plan), 3 (signage strategy), 7 (Heritage/archaeological interpretation boards), 13 (litter maintenance and management) & 18 (staff car park) of planning permission OTH/2025/1437 Reference - CROWN/2025/0000002
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PA/2026/1214 Awaiting decision
Land adjoining The Paddocks and Orchard Cottage, , Church Road, , TN24 0LD
Variation Of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of Permission for 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; to allow changes to the orientation of the east/west block.
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PA/2026/0478 Awaiting decision
Bridge Cottage, Highfield Lane, Sevington, TN24 0FN
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OTH/2026/1113 Withdrawn
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OTH/2026/1287 Awaiting decision
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