Planning application
Mounts Farmhouse, Smarden Road, Bethersden, TN26 3HE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of land to extend residential garden curtilage, and to retrospectively include two garden cabins and a farm access track serving farmland beyond.
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0449
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/0449
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 9 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 9 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 6 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Weald North
- Parish
- Smarden
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN26 3HE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Mar 2026
Received by Ashford
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6 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
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26 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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Ashford granted permission on 6 July 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.
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