Planning application
Agricultural Barn at, The Parsonage, Watery Lane, Westwell, TN25 4JH
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of Use of an Existing Agricultural Barn to a Mixed Use consisting of Agricultural Use and B8 Storage and Distribution Use (Retrospective)
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/0821
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/0821
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 5 May 2026
- Validated
- 5 May 2026
- Ward
- Downs West
- Parish
- Westwell
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN25 4JH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 May 2026
Received by Ashford
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 30 June 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 61 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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