Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, TN25 5DA Data via plota.co.uk

PA/2026/1548 - Lawful development Valid
Change of useSchools, care & community

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - use as Class F1 (learning and non-residential institutions), for education and associated activities within the existing building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Aug 2026
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Validated
14 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 4 Nov 2026, from recent lawful development certificates across the UK.

Documents 4

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Planning Statement Supporting Documents · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Location Plan Plan · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Plan - 3103.NCIULW.100.EX Plan · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 6

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.
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 1
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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Tree preservation order about 21 m away: TPO/09/00005; Priority habitat about 21 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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
Lawful development
Postcode
TN25 5DA
Received
26 Aug 2026
Validated
14 Sept 2026
Ward
Wye with Hinxhill
Parish
Wye with Hinxhill;Wye with Hinxhill
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 20 of the 56-day target. Councils usually decide lawful development certificates by day 51.

Day 2036 days to the 56-day target
82%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
30,231decided in the last year

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Public comments

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Last counted 1 Oct 2026

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Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
Replacement of existing windows
PA/2022/2605
2023 Approved
Prior Notification for demolition of Cottages No.1 and No.2 and associated outbuilding.
NOT/2023/0832
2023 Approved
Tree locations, photographs and Schedule of Works are in the three supporting reports.
OTH/2023/0011
2022 Approved
Installation of a ramp to the main building entrance to facilitate disabled access.
PA/2022/2812
Within ~100m

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2019 Approved
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2019 Approved
Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DA
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19/00909/AS
2019 Approved
Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DA
Variation of condition 1 on planning permission 14/00766/AS to remove reference to clinic…
19/00911/AS
2019 Approved
Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DA
Variation of condition 1 on planning permission 14/00765/AS to remove reference to clinic…
19/00910/AS
2019 Approved
Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DA
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19/00909/AS
2019 Approved
Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DA
Variation of condition 1 on planning permission 14/00766/AS to remove reference to clinic…
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2018 Approved
Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DA
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2018 Approved
Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DA
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2017 Approved
Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DA
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2017 Approved
Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DA
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2016 Approved
Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DA
Description: To fell two x beech (within W3, TPO No 5,2009)T1,To fell two x beech, Reason…
16/00135/TP
2016 Approved
Withersdane Hall, Coldharbour Lane, Wye, Ashford, TN25 5DA
Description: To remove 3 x silver birch from group (G1) and 1 x oak from woodland (W3)T1…
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Ashford
Planning Authority Score
5.9/10
Average
#105 of 296 councils
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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%).

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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