Field to West of National Grid Converter Substation, Church Lane, Aldington, Kent, TN25 6AF Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/0214 - Removal/variation of conditions Approved

Proposal

Variation of conditions 2 (Approved Plans), 4 (CEMP), 5 (Tree Protection), 7 (Noise Impact Assessment), 10 (Surface Water Drainage), 12 (Fire Pollutants Control), 13 (Soft Landscaping), 15 (LEMP), 16 (EMMP), 18 (External Lighting) and removal of Condition 6(i) (Highway condition Survey) in its entirety for Planning Permission "The laying out of a battery storage facility, intermediate substation, water storage tank, cabling, fencing, access tracks and associated drainage infrastructure on field to west of National Grid Sellindge Converter Substation"; to allow for changes to layout and alternative technology to be installed. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 22:48

Application progress

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Received

4 Feb 2026

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Approved

around 12 Jun 2026

Approved around 12 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Documents 75

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 12 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 12 Jun 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 20

Plans & drawings 32

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 4 Feb 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 14

PDF KCC Highways - Consultation Response Correspondence · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF EDF response to Church Lane Residents Group Supporting Documents · 26 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Response to KCC Highway Authority comment - CMP Supporting Documents · 6 May 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show General Comment · 21 Apr 2026 View ↗

PDF Kent Fire & Rescue Service - Consultation Response Consultee · 17 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Applicant response to Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) comments Supporting Documents · 9 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Applicant response to KCC Highways comments Supporting Documents · 8 Apr 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show General Comment · 20 Mar 2026 View ↗

PDF Aldington and Bonnington Parish Council Consultee · 19 Mar 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show General Comment · 5 Mar 2026 View ↗

PDF Kent Fire & Rescue Service - Consultation Response Consultee · 3 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF KCC Highways - Consultation Response Consultee · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Resident representation Consultee · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Pre-application advice response Supporting Documents · 10 Feb 2026 View ↗

Associated applications 3

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FullApproved4 Aug 2023council archive

Conditions 2, 4, 5, 6i, 7, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18 varied
- VariationVariation of conditions 2 (Approved Plans), 4 (CEMP), 5 (Tree Protection), 7 (Noise Impact…This application4 Feb 2026PA/2026/0214
  - LawfulnessApplication for a Lawful Development Certificate -Existing - to confirm the lawful…20 Aug 2026PA/2026/1511

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/Ramsar

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Ashford
Application type: Removal/variation of conditions
Postcode: TN25 6AF
Received: 4 Feb 2026
Validated: 4 Feb 2026
Ward: Bircholt
Parish: Smeeth
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 12 Jun 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: around 12 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Public comments

15comments received

15 neutral

Last counted 21 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 12 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

22 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Refused

Land on North West side of Church Lane, Sellindge, TN25 6AF

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OTH/2024/1965 11 Feb 2025

2024 Refused

Land on North West side of Church Lane, Sellindge, TN25 6AF

Details submitted pursuant to condition 5 (surface water drainage scheme) of planning per…

OTH/2024/1965 11 Feb 2025

2024 Approved

Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, TN25 6AF

Details submitted pursuant to condition 19 (Lighting - Construction Phase) of Planning Ap…

OTH/2024/0534 1 May 2024

2024 Approved

Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, TN25 6AF

Details submitted pursuant to condition 19 (Lighting - Construction Phase) of Planning Ap…

OTH/2024/0534 1 May 2024

2024 Approved

Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent TN25 6AF

Detail submitted pursuant to condition 24 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) of p…

OTH/2024/0383 25 Apr 2024

2024 Approved

Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent TN25 6AF

Detail submitted pursuant to condition 24 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) of p…

OTH/2024/0383 25 Apr 2024

2024 Approved

Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, TN25 6AF

Details submitted pursuant to condition 7 (Part 1 - Off-site water drainage works secured…

OTH/2024/0447 23 Apr 2024

2024 Approved

Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, TN25 6AF

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OTH/2024/0447 23 Apr 2024

2024

Field to West of National Grid Converter Station, Church Lane, Aldington, Kent, TN25 6AF

Installation of underground cabling

PA/2024/0660 3 Apr 2024

2024

Field to West of National Grid Converter Station, Church Lane, Aldington, Kent, TN25 6AF

Installation of underground cabling

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2023 Approved

Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, TN25 6AF

Installation of a drainage spur to connect the approved grid stability facility surface w…

PA/2023/1955 5 Feb 2024

2023 Approved

Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, TN25 6AF

Details submitted pursuant to conditions 16 (External Lighting) & 18 (Lighting - Passive…

OTH/2023/2128 24 Jan 2024

2023 Approved

Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, TN25 6AF

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OTH/2023/1915 13 Dec 2023

2023 Approved

., Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, TN25 6AF

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OTH/2023/1904 30 Nov 2023

2023 Approved

., Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, TN25 6AF

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OTH/2023/1616 16 Nov 2023

2023 Approved

Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, TN25 6AF

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2023 Approved

Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent TN25 6AF

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OTH/2023/1594 4 Oct 2023

2022 Approved

Land to the west of Sellindge Substation, Sellindge, Ashford, Kent TN25 6AF

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PA/2022/2950 16 Aug 2023

2022 Approved

Field to West of National Grid Converter Station, Church Lane, Aldington, Kent, TN25 6AF

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PA/2022/2544 4 Aug 2023

2022 Approved

National Grid Co Plc, Church Lane, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 6AF

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2016 Approved

National Grid Co Plc, Church Lane, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 6AF

Discharge of condition 8

14/00808/CONC/AS 8 Apr 2016

2016 Approved

National Grid Co Plc, Church Lane, Aldington, Ashford, TN25 6AF

Discharge of condition 7

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Ashford

Planning Authority Score

5.9/10

Average

#105 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Ashford is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #75 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

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Ashford decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

88%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #147 of 296

92%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #146 of 296

75%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #75 of 296

40%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #146 of 296

71%

Minor dwellings approved

106 decided (1-9 homes)

89%

Major dwellings approved

18 decided (10+ homes)

90%

Change of use approved

40 decided

991

Total decisions

123 refused in the year to March 2026

Field to West of National Grid Converter Substation, Church Lane, Aldington, Kent, TN25 6AF Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 75

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 20

Plans & drawings 32

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 14

Other documents 6

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 3

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