Planning application
Tenterden Business Centre, Ashford Road, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6SP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Variation of condition 12 (Use Class) for planning permission 22/00605/AS "To replace the approved Unit 4 of application 19/01525/AS with a new unit to provide ancillary space and services to units 1,2, and 3 and amendments to parking layout"; to allow for part of unit 4 to be mixed use, to include a veterinary practice Class E(c)
As published by the council, reference PA/2025/2038
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2025/2038
- Type
- Removal/variation of conditions
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 3 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 7 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Weald Central
- Parish
- High Halden
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN30 6SP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Nov 2025
Received by Ashford
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7 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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16 Mar 2026
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
10 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 a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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