Planning application
Garages Adjacent To 37, Tufton Road, Ashford, TN24 8AU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Lawful Development - Existing - confirmation use of the land is for parking.
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/1049
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/1049
- Type
- Lawful development: Existing use
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Existing Use/Development Is Lawful
- Received
- 15 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 1 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 7 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Furley
- Parish
- Central Ashford
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN24 8AU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Jun 2026
Received by Ashford
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1 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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7 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Existing Use/Development Is Lawful
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 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 7 September 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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