Planning application
Sandbar Business Park, Maidstone Road, Hothfield, TN26 1AR
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Construction of an entrance security lodge (part retrospective)
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0029
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/0029
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 8 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 25 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 27 May 2026
- Ward
- Downs West
- Parish
- Westwell
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN26 1AR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jan 2026
Received by Ashford
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25 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 May 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
12 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 full applications applications
How this application type works
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.
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