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Bridgewood Farm, Watery Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent TN25 4JJ

Refused Ashford PA/2022/2068 Full planning permission

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use of the land for the stationing of 3 mobile homes for Gypsy / Traveller occupation. Occupation ancillary to the existing site permitted under application 12/00932/AS.

As published by the council, reference PA/2022/2068

Application record

Reference
PA/2022/2068
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
22 Jul 2022
Validated
28 Sep 2022
Decided
19 Apr 2023
Ward
Downs West
Parish
Westwell
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TN25 4JJ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ashford register

This site has had 2 applications since 2021: 0 approved, 2 refused.

  • 21/00905/AS Refused

    Bridgewood Farm, Watery Lane, Westwell, Ashford, Kent, TN25 4JJ

    Change of use of the land for the stationing of 5 mobile homes for Gypsy / Traveller occupation. Occupation ancillary to the existing site permitted under application 12/00923/AS

    Decided 13 Jul 2021 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Jul 2022

    Received by Ashford

  2. 28 Sep 2022

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 19 Apr 2023

    Decision issued: Refuse

  4. 28 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

11 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Ashford refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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    PA/2022/3152 Submitted 21 Dec 2022 50 yards away

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    Granted Full applications 7 docs
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    21/00905/AS Submitted 18 May 2021 300 yards away

    Change of use of the land for the stationing of 5 mobile homes for Gypsy / Traveller occupation. Occupation ancillary to the existing site permitted under application 12/00923/AS

    Refused Full applications 9 docs
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