Planning application
Robin Hood Cottage, Canterbury Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0EY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - Use of summerhouse as residential dwelling.
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0490
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/0490
- Type
- Lawful development: Existing use
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Existing Use/Development Is Lawful
- Received
- 4 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 27 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 27 May 2026
- Ward
- Charing
- Parish
- Charing;Charing
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN27 0EY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Mar 2026
Received by Ashford
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27 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 May 2026
Decision issued: Existing Use/Development Is Lawful
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 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 this grant of permission means
Ashford granted permission on 27 May 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 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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