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Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent

Refused Ashford PA/2024/1533 Removal/variation of conditions

Works: New dwelling

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

Proposal

Variation of condition 23 (hard landscaping) to remove the requirement for all boundary treatments exposed to a public or private communal space to comprise walls rather than fences of planning permission 19/00025/AS for (i) Outline planning permission (all matters reserved except for points of access) for dwellings; formal and informal open space incorporating SuDS; and associated services, infrastructure and groundworks; and (ii). full planning permission for the erection of dwellings; the creation of serviced plot of land to facilitate the delivery by Kent County Council of a two form entry primary school with associated outdoor space and vehicle parking; a new Bowls Centre including a clubhouse, ancillary buildings and a bowling green; a local centre to provide A1 (retail), A1 (retail foodstore), A3 (café), A5 (takeaway), D2 (gym/fitness studio space), open space incorporating SuDS; vehicle parking; and associated services, structural landscaping, infrastructure and groundworks.

As published by the council, reference PA/2024/1533

Application record

Reference
PA/2024/1533
Type
Removal/variation of conditions
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
16 Aug 2024
Validated
16 Aug 2024
Decided
13 Nov 2024
Ward
Kennington
Parish
Kennington;Kennington
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ashford register

This site has had 13 applications since 2022: 10 approved, 1 refused.

  • OTH/2024/1739 Granted

    Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 5 (A) (BREEAM), 6 (Acoustics), 22 (Soft Landscaping), 23 (Hard Landscaping), 25 (Underground services), 26 (Services Plan), 27 (Highways), 30 (Slab levels), 35 (Fibre Broadband) & 36 (EVCPs) for planning permission 19/00025/AS (relating to Block C of the Local Centre only)

    Decided 5 Dec 2024 Conditions
  • OTH/2024/1645 Granted

    Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 29 (Foul & surface water disposal) for planning permission 19/00025/AS (relating to Block C of the Local Centre only).

    Decided 5 Nov 2024 Conditions
  • OTH/2024/1528 Granted

    Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent

    Detail submitted pursuant to condition 28 (Contamination Remediation Strategy), 31 (Geo-archaeological Field Evaluation), 49 (Arboricultural Method Statement) of planning permission 19/00025/AS in relation to Block C of the Local Centre only.

    Decided 7 Mar 2025 Conditions
  • OTH/2024/1147 Granted

    Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 19/00025/AS for (i) Outline planning permission (all matters reserved except for points of access) for up to 437 dwellings; formal and informal open space incorporating SuDS; and associated services, infrastructure and groundworks; and (ii) full planning permission for the erection of 288 dwellings; the creation of serviced plot of land to facilitate the delivery by Kent County Council of a two-form entry primary school with associated outdoor space and vehicle parking; a new Bowls Centre including a clubhouse of 292 sq m, ancillary buildings and a bowling green; a local centre to provide 280 sq m of A1 (retail), 180 sq m of A1 (retail foodstore) , 100 sqm A3 (café), 75 sq m A5 (takeaway), 190 sq m D2 (gym/fitness studio space), open space incorporating SuDS; vehicle parking; and associated services, structural landscaping, infrastructure and groundworks; to allow changes to Block C and the associated car parking area.

    Decided 25 Oct 2024 Amendments
  • OTH/2024/0983 Granted

    Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 54 (Flood Risk Assessment - compensatory storage) for planning permission 19/00025/AS

    Decided 20 Jan 2025 Conditions
  • OTH/2024/0943 Granted

    Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 16 (Footway on eastern side of Willesborough Road), 28 (parts 1, 2, & 3 only) (Remediation Strategy), and 53 (Land Contamination Verification Report - area around TP6 for Asbestos and Phenols) for planning permission 19/00025/AS.

    Decided 14 Feb 2025 Conditions
  • OTH/2024/0095 Withdrawn

    Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 33 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of planning permission 19/00025/AS

    Decided 31 Jan 2025 Conditions
  • OTH/2024/0094 Granted

    Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 49 (Arboricultural Impact Assessment) of planning permission 19/00025/AS,

    Decided 14 Feb 2025 Conditions
  • OTH/2023/2130 Granted

    Land between railway line and, Willesborough Road, Kennington, Kent

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 32 (crime prevention) & 40 (external lighting) of planning permission 19/00025/AS

    Decided 14 Feb 2025 Conditions
  • OTH/2023/1942 Granted

    Land between railway line and, willesborough road, kennington, kent

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 38 (fine details) & 60 (A) (water efficiency calculations) of planning permission 19/00025/AS relating to residential phase only.

    Decided 14 Feb 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Aug 2024

    Received by Ashford

  2. 13 Nov 2024

    Decision issued: Refuse

  3. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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4 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

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    Received 1 Apr, published by the council 26 Jul 2026 Amendments
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    Received 1 Apr, published by the council 26 Jul 2026 Amendments
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    Variation of Condition 4 (Approved Plans) of Planning Permission 21/00336/AS for Single storey rear extension & two storey side extension; to allow for an alteration to the roof form with amended plans.

    Received 29 Sep, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Amendments
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    Variation of Condition 2 (B1 office use) of planning permission 17/01834/AS for Redevelopment of Existing Commercial and Retail Premises, including erection of 3 replacement buildings to B1 Office Use, Including Serviced Offices, Parking and Landscaping Provisions, and Installation of New (Dedicated) Highway Access with gate Serving Hallmark Farmhouse - to allow Unit 1 to be used for: Use Class E – Commercial, business and service (excluding use classes E(a) and E(b))

    Received 1 Apr, published by the council 26 Jul 2026 Amendments