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Park Mall and associated car parks, Park Street, Ashford, TN24 8RY

Granted Ashford PA/2025/1749 Full planning permission

Works: Demolition

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

Proposal

Demolition of the existing Shopping Centre and multi-storey car parks including associated structures, retention of frontage Units 92 and 94 on High Street. Formation of a temporary surface-level car park with 200 spaces including temporary associated ancillary works for a period of up to 5 years

As published by the council, reference PA/2025/1749

Application record

Reference
PA/2025/1749
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Decision Made
Decision
Granted As published: Approve with Conditions
Received
18 Sep 2025
Validated
18 Sep 2025
Decided
10 Dec 2025
Ward
Victoria
Parish
Central Ashford
Decision by
Planning Committee
Postcode
TN24 8RY

Site history

Applications at this address on the Ashford register

This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • OTH/2026/1104 Awaiting decision

    Park Mall and associated car parks, Park Street, Ashford, TN24 8RY

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 11 (lighting plan) of planning permission PA/2025/1749.

    Submitted 22 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2026/0231 Granted

    Park Mall and associated car parks, Park Street, Ashford, TN24 8RY

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Demolition and Construction Management Plan) and 4 (Demolition Waste Recycling Plan) of planning permission PA/2025/1749

    Decided 15 Apr 2026 Conditions
  • PA/2025/1763 Granted

    Park Mall and associated car parks, Park Street, Ashford, TN24 8RY

    Listed Building Consent for the demolition of the adjacent existing Shopping Centre.

    Decided 10 Dec 2025 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Sep 2025

    Received by Ashford

  2. 10 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: Approve with Conditions

  3. 13 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

6 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • OTH/2026/1245 Withdrawn

    Park Mall Shopping Centre, Park Mall, Ashford

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 10 (Hoarding) for planning permission PA/2025/1749

    Decided 23 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2026/1104 Awaiting decision

    Park Mall and associated car parks, Park Street, Ashford, TN24 8RY

    Details submitted pursuant to condition 11 (lighting plan) of planning permission PA/2025/1749.

    Submitted 22 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2026/0830 Granted

    Park Mall and Associated Carparks, Ashford, Ashford, TN24 8RY

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 5 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) of planning permission PA/2025/1749

    Decided 12 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2026/0696 Granted

    Park Mall and Associated Carparks, Ashford, TN24 8RY

    Details submitted pursuant to Condition 10 (Hoarding Strategy) of Planning Application PA/2025/1749

    Decided 14 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2026/0231 Granted

    Park Mall and associated car parks, Park Street, Ashford, TN24 8RY

    Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (Demolition and Construction Management Plan) and 4 (Demolition Waste Recycling Plan) of planning permission PA/2025/1749

    Decided 15 Apr 2026 Conditions
  • OTH/2026/0211 Granted

    Park Mall Shopping Centre, Park Mall, Ashford

    Non-material amendment to planning permission PA/2025/1749 for Demolition of the existing shopping centre and multi-storey car parks including associated structures, retention of frontage Units 92 and 94 High Street. Formation of a temporary surface-level car park with 200 spaces including temporary associated ancillary works for a period of up to 5 years; to allow changes to wording of conditions 5 and 6.

    Decided 23 Feb 2026 Amendments

Documents

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

47 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Ashford granted permission on 10 December 2025, 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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