Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, TN25 5LP Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/0915 - Full planning permission Refused
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Retention of marquee and oak framed outbuilding until 2029 (retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 May 2026
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Validated
28 May 2026
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Refused
around 7 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused around 7 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DM Final Officer Report.pdf PDF · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF DM Decision Notice.pdf PDF · 7 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Design, Access and Heritage Statement Supporting Documents · 28 May 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 5

PDF Location Plan - 21 08 01/P1 Plan · 28 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Plans and Elevations - 21 08 10 P3 Plan · 28 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Oak Framed Outbuilding - 21.08.06 Plan · 21 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing & Proposed Block Plan - 21.08.02/P1 Plan · 21 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Eternal Marque - 21.08.05 Plan · 21 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 21 May 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Conservation Comments Consultee · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Advert - Press Notification Other · 12 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

7 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 1-3, the Street, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 7 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
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.
Brabourne conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Public footpath about 20 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape about 12 m away: Kent Downs
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
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
Full planning permission
Postcode
TN25 5LP
Received
21 May 2026
Validated
28 May 2026
Ward
Bircholt
Parish
Brabourne
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Jul 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
around 7 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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Freehold owner
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Public comments

2comments received
1 objecting1 neutral

Last counted 21 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
7 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Withdrawn
3 Egerton Cottages, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, TN25 5LW
Two-storey side extension with balcony to first floor, and single-storey rear extension…
PA/2024/1385
2024 Withdrawn
3 Egerton Cottages, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, TN25 5LW
Two-storey side extension with balcony to first floor, and single-storey rear extension…
PA/2024/1385
2024 Approved
Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 5LP
5 Day Notification
NOT/2024/0703
2024 Approved
Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, TN25 5LP
5 Day Notification
NOT/2024/0703
2023 Approved
Brabourne Cottage, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, TN25 5LW
Variation of condition 2 on planning permission 22/00464/AS to amend approved details of…
PA/2023/0244
2022 Approved
Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LP
Alteration/reposition of external kitchen flue
22/00952/AS
2022 Approved
Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LP
Alteration/reposition of external kitchen flue
22/00951/AS
2022
Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LP
Retrospective planning application for continued temporary use of marquee and oak framed…
22/01005/AS
2022
Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LP
Retrospective planning application for continued temporary use of marquee and oak framed…
22/01004/AS
2022 Approved
Brabourne Cottage, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LW
Proposed replacement windows, demolition of modern conservatory & external and internal a…
22/00464/AS
2022 Approved
Brabourne Cottage, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LW
Proposed Replacement Windows, demolition of modern conservatory retaining lean to roof an…
22/00465/AS
2021 Approved
Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LP
Retrospective planning application for landscaped work, seating and pergola
21/01925/AS
2021 Approved
Brabourne Cottage, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LW
Installation of solar photovoltaic panels on an existing garage/garden store building
21/01752/AS
2021 Approved
Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LP
External detached bar to rear garden of Public House
21/00357/AS
2018 Approved
Applegarth, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LP
Replacement of off-the-peg bow window with new purpose made window.
18/01404/AS
2018 Approved
Applegarth, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LP
Replacement of off-the-peg bow window with new purpose made window.
18/01404/AS
2019 Approved
The Wheelwrights, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LW
The installation of an underground cable and new substation
19/00015/OLE/AS
2019 Approved
The Wheelwrights, Canterbury Road, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LW
The installation of an underground cable and new substation
19/00015/OLE/AS
2016 Approved
Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LP
Application for listed building consent for the erection of timber structure to enclose t…
16/00568/AS
2016 Approved
Five Bells, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5LP
Retrospective temporary application for a new oak frame pergola, marquee frame with roof…
16/00567/AS
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

Freehold owner and leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.