The Old Saw Mill, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, TN26 3DD Data via plota.co.uk

OTH/2026/1607 - Approval of details reserved by a condition Under Consultation
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Details submitted pursuant to Conditions 8 (District Level Licence - Great Crested Newts) & part discharge of 10 (Bat Mitigation Strategy and Licence) of planning permission Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 2 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 2 Nov 2026. The consultation period closed on 2 Oct 2026.

Documents 5

Statements & assessments 2

PDF Great Crested Newt District Level Licensing Impact Assessment & Conservation Payment Certificate Supporting Documents · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Bat Survey and Mitigation Strategy Supporting Documents · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Application Form · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Bat Mitigation Class License, Supporting Documents · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Cover letter for Condition 8 & 10 Supporting Documents · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 4

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 September 2026. 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £300,000 in December 2025. Other property, freehold.

5 December 2025£300,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Council
Ashford
Application type
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Postcode
TN26 3DD
Received
7 Sept 2026
Validated
7 Sept 2026
Ward
Weald Central
Parish
Bethersden;Bethersden
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Public comments

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Last counted 26 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
2 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
4 no dwellings with associated hard and soft landscaping and other works following demoli…
PA/2024/0820
2024 Approved
4 no dwellings with associated hard and soft landscaping and other works following demoli…
PA/2024/0820
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Madrona Nursery, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3DD
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 6 (landscaping scheme) of planning permission PA…
OTH/2025/0696
2025 Approved
Madrona Nursery, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3DD
Details submitted pursuant to conditions 6 (landscaping scheme) of planning permission PA…
OTH/2025/0696
2022 Approved
Barnhurst Farm Barn, Pluckley Road, Bethersden, TN26 3DD
Conversion of stable block to a residential dwelling & detached car port
PA/2022/2898
Ashford
Planning Authority Score
5.9/10
Average
#105 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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
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.