Planning application
The Old Post House, The Street, Brook, TN25 5PF
Works: Demolition Domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of a replacement garage with store over following demolition of existing garage
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/1431
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/1431
- Type
- Householder planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 7 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 7 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Bircholt
- Parish
- Brook
- Decision by
- Planning Committee
- Postcode
- TN25 5PF
Comment by 10 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Ashford through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Aug 2026
Received by Ashford
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19 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 2 October 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 59 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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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 householder applications in a median of 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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PA/2026/0868 Withdrawn
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PA/2026/0951 Granted
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