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70 Birling Road, Ashford, TN24 8BE

Refused Ashford PA/2024/1171 Lawful development: Existing use

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - the foundations and oversite laid to DPC level pursuant to planning permission 17/01113/AS. A meaningful start was made to this application when the Southern Water Sewer diversion was approved and carried out in 2019.

As published by the council, reference PA/2024/1171

Application record

Reference
PA/2024/1171
Type
Lawful development: Existing use
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refused As published: Existing Use/Development Is Not Lawful
Received
24 Jun 2024
Validated
24 Jun 2024
Decided
18 Dec 2024
Ward
Furley
Parish
Central Ashford
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
TN24 8BE

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ashford register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • PA/2026/0137 Granted

    70, Birling Road, Ashford, TN24 8BE

    Extension to vehicle crossover.

    Decided 18 Jun 2026 Householder

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Jun 2024

    Received by Ashford

  2. 18 Dec 2024

    Decision issued: Existing Use/Development Is Not Lawful

  3. 29 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

13 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.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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