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Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE

Granted Ashford OTH/2026/0904 Non-Material Amendment

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

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

Application record

Reference
OTH/2026/0904
Type
Non-Material Amendment
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Approve
Received
20 May 2026
Validated
20 May 2026
Decided
18 Jun 2026
Ward
Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry
Parish
Mersham
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TN25 6GE

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ashford register

This site has had 6 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • OTH/2026/1491 Awaiting decision

    Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE

    Non-material amendment to planning permission OTH/2025/1437 (Ref CROWN/2025/0000002) for "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 for changes to condition 17 (Drainage Strategy), removing the restriction that drainage works must be situated onsite

    Submitted 18 Aug 2026 Amendments
  • 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

    Submitted 18 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • 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).

    Decided 12 May 2026 Conditions
  • 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).

    Decided 13 Mar 2026 Amendments
  • OTH/2024/2051 Decided

    Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE

    Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion request in relation to the retention of the existing Inland Border Facility (IBF) and Border Control Post (BCP)

    Decided 19 Dec 2024 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 May 2026

    Received by Ashford

  2. 18 Jun 2026

    Decision issued: Approve

  3. 26 Jul 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 18 June 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.

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  • Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE

    OTH/2026/1491 Submitted 18 Aug 2026 0m away

    90% historically approved · decision due ~13 Oct

    Non-material amendment to planning permission OTH/2025/1437 (Ref CROWN/2025/0000002) for "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 for changes to condition 17 (Drainage Strategy), removing the restriction that drainage works must be situated onsite

    Awaiting decision Amendments 3 docs
  • Sevington Inland Border Facility, Link Road Between Junction 10a M20 To A2070, Sevington, TN25 6GE

    OTH/2026/1383 Submitted 31 Jul 2026 0m away

    96% historically approved · decision due ~25 Sep

    Details submitted pursuant to Conditions 10 (LMMP),11 (LEMP),12 (Soft Landscaping) & 15 (Landscape enhancement to staff entrance) of planning permission OTH/2025/1437 Reference - CROWN/2025/0000002

    Awaiting decision Conditions 17 docs
  • Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE

    OTH/2026/0375 Submitted 26 Feb 2026 0m away

    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).

    Granted Amendments 5 docs
  • Sevington Inland Border Facility, Link Road Between Junction 10a M20 To A2070, Sevington, TN25 6GE

    OTH/2026/1493 Submitted 18 Aug 2026 0m away

    96% historically approved · decision due ~13 Oct

    Details submitted pursuant to Condition 17 (Drainage Strategy) of planning permission OTH/2025/1437 (Reference - CROWN/2025/0000002)

    Awaiting decision Conditions 52 docs
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    OTH/2026/1492 Submitted 18 Aug 2026 0m away

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    Details submitted pursuant to Condition 5 (Noise Impact Assessment) of planning permission OTH/2025/1437 (Reference - CROWN/2025/0000002)

    Awaiting decision Conditions 6 docs
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    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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