Building West of South Ashford Wastewater Pumping Station, South Stour Avenue, Ashford Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/1786 - Full planning permission Under Consultation

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of first floor from warehouse to no.1 residential flat with changes to fenestration, additional balcony to south elevation with associated parking and external amenity areas Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 01:43

Application progress

✓

Received

2 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 27 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 11 Dec 2026, from Ashford's recent full applications.

Comments are open until 31 Oct 2026

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Documents 21

Statements & assessments 5

PDF Flood Risk Assessment Supporting Documents · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Noise Impact Assessment Supporting Documents · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Design, Access and Planning Statement Supporting Documents · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Climate Mitigation Statement Supporting Documents · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Phase 1 Contamination Risk Assessment Supporting Documents · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 12

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Southern Water - Consultation Response Consultee · 15 Oct 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 5

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.

Local nature reserve about 159 m away: Ashford Green Corridors

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Ashford (Ashford) built-up area.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 8 October 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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Received: 2 Oct 2026
Validated: 2 Oct 2026
Ward: Victoria
Parish: Central Ashford
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 27 Nov 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 26 of the 56-day target. Ashford usually decides full applications by day 70.

prediction

Day 2644 days to the predicted decision (day 70)

29%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

364decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Ashford in the last twelve months, from validation. Ashford decision record →

Public comments

1comment received

1 neutral

Last counted 22 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 31 Oct 2026

Ashford

Planning Authority Score

5.9/10

Average

#105 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

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

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