Land north of The Bungalow, Green Lane (Submitted as Green Lane Stables, Green Lane, Challock, Ashford, TN25 4DN) Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/1020 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use of land for the erection of a one-and-a-half-storey, self-build detached dwelling, together with a detached car barn and associated infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Jun 2026
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Committee
19 Aug 2026
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Approved
around 26 Aug 2026

Approved around 26 Aug 2026 · Planning Committee · Last checked 27 Aug 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Ashford Planning Committee on 19 Aug 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised granting permission because the benefits outweighed the limited accessibility conflict and landscape harm was not expected.
  • The parish council supported the application but raised infrastructure, transport and accessibility concerns; five letters of support were received.
  • The committee permitted the application subject to planning conditions and notes.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, conditions and committee decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Ashford's committee minutes of 19 Aug 2026.

Site constraints 5

Kent Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
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.
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) 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Priority habitat about 31 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
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 4DN
Received
9 Jun 2026
Validated
9 Jun 2026
Ward
Downs West
Parish
Challock
Case officer
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Target decision
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Approve with Conditions
Decision date
around 26 Aug 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee
Applicant
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Public comments

8comments received
1 objecting1 neutral6 supporting

75% support · above the UK average of 16%

Last counted 27 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
26 Aug 2026
Committee
19 Aug 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