Planning application
Newlands Farm, Charing Heath Road, Charing, TN27 0AL
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate - Existing - use of land as residential curtilage/garden.
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0807
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/0807
- Type
- Lawful development: Existing use
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 5 May 2026
- Validated
- 15 May 2026
- Ward
- Charing
- Parish
- Charing
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN27 0AL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ashford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024.
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PA/2024/0809 Awaiting decision
Newlands Farm, Charing Heath Road, Charing, TN27 0AL
Addition of car port with store (retrospective) and chicken house with bat loft
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 May 2026
Received by Ashford
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15 May 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 10 July 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
10 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 happens while it is decided
This application is with Ashford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Ashford decided lawful development applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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1 Brook Cottages, Charing Heath Road, Charing, TN27 0AL
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Awaiting decision Full applications 17 docsSmall domestic -
Newlands Farm, Charing Heath Road TN27 0AL
Change of use and conversion of existing barn into a residential dwelling (self build) with parking and garden area following the demolition of a garage. Erection of a chicken and bat house.
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Newlands Farm, Charing Heath Road, Charing, TN27 0AL
93% historically approved · decision due ~1 Jul
Addition of car port with store (retrospective) and chicken house with bat loft
Awaiting decision Householder 10 docsDomestic -
Four Acres, Charing Heath Road, Charing, TN27 0AL
Variation of condition 2 (Occupancy restrictions) of allowed appeal reference App/E2205/C/15/3134481 (ENF/2023/0262) to allow further caravans on the proposed site - a total of 4 static and two tourers
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Westlea House, Pluckley Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0AH
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Other lawful development applications
In Ashford
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PA/2026/0866 Granted
139 Tally Ho Road, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, TN26 1HW
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - conversion of integral garage with changes to fenestration
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PA/2026/1049 Granted
Garages Adjacent To 37, Tufton Road, Ashford, TN24 8AU
Lawful Development - Existing - confirmation use of the land is for parking.
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PA/2026/1615 Awaiting decision
20, Ruffets Wood, Kingsnorth, TN23 3QQ
Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed ground floor rear extension
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PA/2026/0627 Withdrawn
Woodfield Farm, Bromley Green Road, Ruckinge, TN26 2EQ
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Erection of a one and a half storey rear extension with external decking area. Alteration to existing fenestration. Extension of existing hardstanding
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PA/2026/1117 Granted
5 Wells Close, Tenterden, TN30 6QJ
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Loft conversion with dormer to the side, roof windows to the side, and windows to the front and rear existing gable ends