Sevington Inland Border Facility, Sevington, Ashford, TN25 6GE Data via plota.co.uk

OTH/2026/0904 - Non-Material Amendment Approved
Admin / proceduralCommercial premises

Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission for Retention of the existing buildings, goods vehicle parking spaces, entry lanes, refrigerated semi-trailers, staff car parking spaces, access, site infrastructure, utilities, hardstanding, landscaping and ancillary facilities and associated works; and ongoing use of the site for an Inland Border Facility and Border Control Post, operating 24 hours per day, seven days per week. - Reference - to allow changes to Condition 5 - Noise Impact Assessment. Condition 10 - Landscape Maintenance and Management Plan. Condition 11 - Landscape Ecological Management Plan. Condition 12 - Enhances to soft landscaping scheme. Condition 15 - Landscape enhancements to staff entrance on Church Road and Condition 17 - Drainage Strategy Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 May 2026
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Approved
around 18 Jun 2026

Approved around 18 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF CD4.29 Site Location Plan.pdf PDF · 19 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Covering Letter S96A (Condition Timings) 19.05.26.pdf PDF · 19 May 2026 View ↗ PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf PDF · 19 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 9

Site constraints 4

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 2, 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) 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.
Survey report ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 466 m away: Ashford Green Corridors; Inside the Sevington built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
Non-Material Amendment
Postcode
TN25 6GE
Received
20 May 2026
Validated
20 May 2026
Ward
Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry
Parish
Mersham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Jun 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
around 18 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Rachel Streeter

Public comments

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Last counted 21 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
18 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

4 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Retention of the existing buildings, goods vehicle parking spaces, entry lanes, refrigera…
OTH/2025/1437
2025 Approved
Retention of the existing buildings, goods vehicle parking spaces, entry lanes, refrigera…
OTH/2025/1437
2024 Approved
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion request in relation to the retentio…
OTH/2024/2051
2024 Approved
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Opinion request in relation to the retentio…
OTH/2024/2051
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings