Gate House, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, TN27 0PT Data via plota.co.uk

NOT/2025/2191 - Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Ash - To fell to ground level -reason for removal severe decline ash die back . G2 3x Hornbeam 3x hawthorn approx. 15 m in height to be reduced by 4m vertically and laterally in all directions. Reason- To increase visibility and light to the property and clear phone lines. T3 Turkey oak- To fell to ground level. Reason for removal poor growth habit and proximity to dwelling. T4 Ash - To remove lowest limb growing towards the property at 3m from ground level to source. Reason- Proximity to property. T5 Sycamore - Remove lowest limb at 4m from ground level to source.Reason - proximity to dwelling. T6 Common oak - Lowest 4 branches to reduce laterally by approx. 2.5m to suitable growing points on the southern side of the canopy. Reason close proximity to dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Nov 2025
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Validated
5 Dec 2025
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Approved
around 15 Jan 2026

Approved around 15 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Officer Report 9535.pdf PDF · 15 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice 9535.pdf PDF · 15 Jan 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Tree Location Plan Plan · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 8 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Dering Cottage and Laundry Cottage, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 5 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 ↗
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.
Little Chart 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Tree preservation order about 16 m away: TPO/56/00002.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £1,100,000 in January 2022. Other property, freehold.

More than one property is recorded at this address: HM Land Registry does not always give the flat or unit.

31 January 2022£1,100,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
19 November 2003£585,000Detached house

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

Building

Floor area222 m² (2,390 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (42 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 6 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2011, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Ashford
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Postcode
TN27 0PT
Received
26 Nov 2025
Validated
5 Dec 2025
Ward
Upper Weald
Parish
Little Chart
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Jan 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
around 15 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Public comments

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Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

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15 Jan 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
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It is near the main gateway entrance - it is diseased and concern is it could fall into t…
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2025 Approved
Church Of St Mary The Virgin, Swan Lane, Little Chart, TN27 0PT
It is near the main gateway entrance - it is diseased and concern is it could fall into t…
NOT/2025/1383
2023 Approved
Dering Cottage, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, TN27 0PT
Emergency tree felling of cherry species x1 - The nature of the defects are as follows: 1…
NOT/2023/0014
2020 Approved
Dering Cottage, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PT
Description: Ash trees x2 - Located in rear garden to be re pollarded. Height of trees is…
20/00257/TC
2018 Approved
Gate House, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PT
Discharge of condition 2 & 7
17/00425/CONA/AS
2018 Approved
Gate House, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PT
Discharge of condition 2 & 7
17/00425/CONA/AS
2018 Approved
Gate House, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PT
Discharge of conditions 2, 3, 4, 8
17/00426/CONA/AS
2018 Approved
Gate House, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PT
Discharge of conditions 2, 3, 4, 8
17/00426/CONA/AS
2017 Approved
Gate House, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PT
Conversion of, and extension to, a single storey out building into annexe and holiday hom…
17/00426/AS
2017 Approved
Gate House, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PT
Conversion of and extension to a single storey outbuilding into annexe and holiday home
17/00425/AS
2016 Withdrawn
Gate House, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PT
Conversion of, and extension to, a single storey out building into annexe and holiday hom…
16/01297/AS
2016 Withdrawn
Gate House, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PT
Change of use, and extension to, existing outbuilding into annexe and holiday home
16/01295/AS
2016 Approved
Gate House, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PT
Discharge condition 2
15/01572/CONA/AS
2016 Approved
Dering Cottage, Swan Lane, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0PT
Description: Lime - Removal. Cherry - Crown reduction by 25%. Ash trees - Re-pollard
16/00033/TC
Ashford
Planning Authority Score
5.9/10
Average
#105 of 296 councils
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Other 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.