Planning application
Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
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
As published by the council, reference OTH/2026/1079
Application record
- Reference
- OTH/2026/1079
- Type
- Discharge of Condition(s)
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 18 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 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.
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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
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OTH/2026/0904 Granted
Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE
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.
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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/2026/0375 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/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)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Jun 2026
Received by Ashford
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Ashford took a median of 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Ashford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Ashford decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE
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
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
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
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 -
Sevington Inland Border Facility, Link Road Between Junction 10a M20 To A2070, Sevington, TN25 6GE
96% historically approved · decision due ~13 Oct
Details submitted pursuant to Condition 5 (Noise Impact Assessment) of planning permission OTH/2025/1437 (Reference - CROWN/2025/0000002)
Awaiting decision Conditions 6 docs -
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).
Granted Conditions 13 docs
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