Planning application
Ratsbury, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
New highway access with driveway and internal pathway serving Ratsbury
As published by the council, reference PA/2025/1966
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2025/1966
- Type
- Householder planning permission
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 23 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 23 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 18 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Rolvenden & Tenterden West
- Parish
- Tenterden
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN30 7LU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ashford register
This site has had 5 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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OTH/2026/1291 Awaiting decision
Ratsbury, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LU
Discharge submitted pursuant to Conditions 5 (Site Plan - Bat Tiles), 7 (Lighting Plan), 12 (Walls and Fences) of planning permission PA/2025/1965
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OTH/2026/1268 Awaiting decision
Ratsbury, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LU
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 3 (External Materials) & 4 (Fine Architectural Details) for Listed Building Consent PA/2025/1991
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PA/2025/1991 Granted
Ratsbury, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LU
Listed Building Consent for the conversion of the oasthouse into a dwelling
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PA/2025/1965 Granted
Ratsbury, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LU
Conversion of oasthouse into a dwelling, with single-storey garden room/home office and associated works (self-build)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Oct 2025
Received by Ashford
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18 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Ashford granted permission on 18 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.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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