Tenterden Vineyard, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG Data via plota.co.uk

OTH/2026/1100 - Biodiversity Gain Plan Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Details submitted pursuant to the Biodiversity Gain Plan informative for planning permission PA/2025/2306. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Jun 2026
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Validated
6 Jul 2026
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Approved
around 11 Aug 2026

Approved around 11 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice ) Decision Notice · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Final Officer Report Officer Report · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 9

PDF Biodiversity Net Gain Feasibility Assessment V2 PJC Consultancy Supporting Documents · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Metric V2 PJC Consultancy Supporting Documents · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF KCC: Ecological Advice Service Consultee · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Gain Plan Supporting Documents · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG Calculator Metric_V1 Supporting Documents · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Enhancement Plan PJC Consultancy Supporting Documents · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG Feasibility Assessment_V1 Supporting Documents · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG Completion Notice_V1 Supporting Documents · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Ecological Appraisal_V1 Supporting Documents · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF KCC EAS Consultee · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 5

High Weald 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.
Smallhythe 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) 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 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Banks House, Grade II, about 42 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II*, 2 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 ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 24 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
Biodiversity Gain Plan
Postcode
TN30 7NG
Received
18 Jun 2026
Validated
6 Jul 2026
Ward
Rolvenden & Tenterden West
Parish
Tenterden
Case officer
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Target decision
31 Aug 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
around 11 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Thomas Knight
Freehold owner
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Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
11 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Single storey wine tasting facility
PA/2025/2306
2025 Approved
Single storey wine tasting facility
PA/2025/2306
2024 Approved
Demolition of existing glasshouse and part conversion and extension of existing warehouse…
PA/2024/1622
2024 Approved
Demolition of existing glasshouse and part conversion and extension of existing warehouse…
PA/2024/1622
2023 Approved
The retention of 3 temporary Portakabin office buildings for a period of 5 years
PA/2023/0722
2023 Approved
Installation of a single storey Portakabin office building
PA/2023/0512
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Smallhythe Place, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
T1. Magnolia grandiflora - mature ornamental tree adjacent to Priests House. Butt and roo…
NOT/2025/2351
2025 Approved
Smallhythe Place, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
T1. Magnolia grandiflora - mature ornamental tree adjacent to Priests House. Butt and roo…
NOT/2025/2351
2025 Approved
Martins Cottage, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
T1 – Oak - Re-pollard back to previous points. T2 – Field Maple - Re-pollard back to prev…
NOT/2025/1400
2025 Approved
Martins Cottage, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
T1 – Oak - Re-pollard back to previous points. T2 – Field Maple - Re-pollard back to prev…
NOT/2025/1400
2025 Approved
Smallhythe Place, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
T1 - Willow - Remove back to main stem - in parking layby on the B2082, over extended hea…
NOT/2025/0191
2025 Approved
Smallhythe Place, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
T1 - Willow - Remove back to main stem - in parking layby on the B2082, over extended hea…
NOT/2025/0191
2024 Approved
Salters Barn, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Conversion of existing attached garage to form Granny Annexe. New vehicular entrance and…
PA/2024/0635
2024 Approved
Salters Barn, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Conversion of existing attached garage to form Granny Annexe. New vehicular entrance and…
PA/2024/0635
2023 Approved
Salters Barn, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Conversion of existing attached garage to form Granny Annexe. New vehicular entrance and…
PA/2023/2185
2023 Refused
Salters Barn, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent, TN30 7NG
Proposed conversion and first floor extension of existing attached garage to form Granny…
PA/2023/1032
2022 Approved
Smallhythe Place, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Group A, reduce pollard heads to a lower point to facilitate in house maintenance ensurin…
OTH/2022/3039
2022 Approved
Yew Tree Cottage, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Installation of a Replacement Waste Treatment Plant and Associated Drainage
PA/2022/2384
2022 Approved
Yew Tree Cottage, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7NG
Installation of a Replacement Waste Treatment Plant and Associated Drainage
PA/2022/2121
2021 Approved
Tenterden Vineyard, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Description: Removal of hedgerow for the creation of farm vehicle access.
21/00279/HG
2020 Withdrawn
Banks House, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Proposed single storey side extension
20/00123/AS
2020 Withdrawn
Banks House, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Proposed single storey side extension to include terrace and retaining brick wall
20/00122/AS
2019 Approved
Martins Cottage, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Remove all existing mortar to front elevation and re-point with an historic mix using non…
19/01015/AS
2019 Approved
Martins Cottage, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Remove all existing mortar to front elevation and re-point with an historic mix using non…
19/01015/AS
2018 Approved
Martins Cottage, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Strip first floor Kent clay peg tile hangings to Northern and Eastern Elevations. Inspect…
18/01198/AS
2018 Approved
Martins Cottage, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Strip first floor Kent clay peg tile hangings to Northern and Eastern Elevations. Inspect…
18/01198/AS
2018 Approved
Smallhythe Place, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Description: Removal of self sown bay tree in middle of garden, low pollard of ancient wi…
18/00036/TC
2017 Approved
Spots House, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Description: Sycamore (T1) - To reduce sycamore down to 8m to appropriate pruning points…
17/00283/TC
2017 Approved
Banks House, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Description: Corkscrew willow - Fell. The willow is in poor health and in decline. Replac…
17/00157/TC
2017 Approved
Spots House, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Description: G1 - 3 no. birches - fell - marked with white paint T1 - willow - wind damag…
17/00047/TC
2016 Approved
Smallhythe Place, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7NG
Description: To remove four branches overhanging main path and pergola, one x ash tree (T…
16/00165/TC
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: 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.