Planning application
Butt Hill House, Faversham Road, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4BQ
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - use of land as residential garden
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0224
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/0224
- Type
- Lawful development: Existing use
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Existing Use/Development Is Not Lawful
- Received
- 30 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 5 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 2 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Downs West
- Parish
- Challock
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN25 4BQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Jan 2026
Received by Ashford
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5 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Existing Use/Development Is Not Lawful
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26 Jul 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.
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Ashford refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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