Planning application
Willow Tree Hair and Beauty, Willow Tree House, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, TN26 2EQ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of Use of existing Hair and Beauty business to a Create and Craft Pottery Painting Studio (Retrospective)
As published by the council, reference PA/2025/2225
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2025/2225
- Type
- Change of use
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 1 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 30 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 23 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Saxon Shore
- Parish
- Ruckinge
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN26 2EQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ashford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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PA/2025/1535 Withdrawn
Willow Tree Hair and Beauty, Willow Tree House, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, TN26 2EQ
Variation of condition 3 (opening hours) and 8 (external lighting) of planning permission 20/00130/AS for Change of use of land to incorporate rear extension to existing salon building and extension to car park
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Dec 2025
Received by Ashford
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30 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Feb 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
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Ashford granted permission on 23 February 2026, 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 full applications
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