Planning application
Hothfield Brain Injury Rehabilitation & Neurological Care Centre, Bethersden Road, Hothfield, TN26 1AZ
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Extensions and external alterations to existing rehabilitation centre, including provision of ancillary buildings, additional car parking, external lighting, landscaping, bin store, cycle parking, plant compound and associated works.
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0250
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/0250
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 9 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 18 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Upper Weald
- Parish
- Hothfield
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN26 1AZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Feb 2026
Received by Ashford
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18 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 15 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Ashford took a median of 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
51 documents on file for this application
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