Thyme, 5 Ashford Road, New Romney, TN28 8TD Data via plota.co.uk

26/0470/FH - Householder planning permission Approved

Proposal

Proposed dropped kerb, vehicular access and hardstanding. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

26 Mar 2026

✓

Validated

13 Apr 2026

✓

Approved

5 Jun 2026

Approved on 5 Jun 2026 · Last checked 14 Sept 2026

Documents 13

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 ↗

Agricultural land, grade 3a, surveyed

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Reading). Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4; the survey is the definitive reading.

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.

Survey report ↗

Also on the record

Inside the New Romney built-up area.

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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £525,000 in January 2025. Detached house, freehold.

31 January 2025£525,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Shepway
Application type: Householder planning permission
Postcode: TN28 8TD
Received: 26 Mar 2026
Validated: 13 Apr 2026
Ward: New Romney
Parish: New Romney
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 8 Jun 2026
Decision: Approve with Conditions
Decision date: 5 Jun 2026
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, 6 days slower than Shepway's median of 47 for extensions. Approved, as 84% of extensions here are.

This one53d

Council47d

UK55d

96%decided within 8 weeks

84%approved

337decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Shepway in the last twelve months, from validation. Shepway decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 14 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 5 May 2026

Shepway

Planning Authority Score

7.4/10

Good

#49 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Shepway is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #5 out of 296. Only 12% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Shepway decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

82%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #247 of 296

88%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #219 of 296

96%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #5 of 296

12%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #5 of 296

61%

Minor dwellings approved

95 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

13 decided (10+ homes)

69%

Change of use approved

32 decided

761

Total decisions

139 refused in the year to March 2026

Thyme, 5 Ashford Road, New Romney, TN28 8TD Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 13

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 4

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 2

Other documents 4