Ratsbury, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, TN30 7LU Data via plota.co.uk

OTH/2026/1291 - Approval of details reserved by a condition Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Discharge submitted pursuant to Conditions 5 (Site Plan - Bat Tiles), 7 (Lighting Plan), 12 (Walls and Fences) of planning permission Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Jul 2026
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Validated
3 Aug 2026
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Approved
around 28 Sept 2026

Approved around 28 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice PDF · 28 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Final Officer Report PDF · 28 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Boundary Treatment, Lighting & Bat Mitigation Site Plan 3290-45 T2 Plan · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 2

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    Conditions 5, 7, 12 discharged

    • ConditionsDischarge submitted pursuant to Conditions 5 (Site Plan - Bat Tiles), 7 (Lighting Plan), 12…This applicationOTH/2026/1291

Site constraints 4

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.
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 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Conservation area about 57 m away: Tenterden.
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
Approval of details reserved by a condition
Postcode
TN30 7LU
Received
21 Jul 2026
Validated
3 Aug 2026
Ward
Rolvenden & Tenterden West
Parish
Tenterden
Case officer
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Target decision
28 Sept 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
around 28 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Austen Leek

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 29 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
28 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Listed Building Consent for the conversion of the oasthouse into a dwelling
PA/2025/1991
2025 Approved
Conversion of oasthouse into a dwelling, with single-storey garden room/home office and a…
PA/2025/1965
2025 Approved
Listed Building Consent for the conversion of the oasthouse into a dwelling
PA/2025/1991
2025 Approved
Conversion of oasthouse into a dwelling, with single-storey garden room/home office and a…
PA/2025/1965
2025 Approved
New highway access with driveway and internal pathway serving Ratsbury
PA/2025/1966
2025 Approved
New highway access with driveway and internal pathway serving Ratsbury
PA/2025/1966
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved
Mayfield, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Certificate of Lawful Development -Existing- use of land as residential garden.
19/00869/AS
2019 Approved
Mayfield, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Erection of timber storage outbuilding (Resubmission of 18/00983/AS)
19/00859/AS
2019 Approved
Mayfield, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Certificate of Lawful Development -Existing- use of land as residential garden.
19/00869/AS
2019 Approved
Mayfield, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Erection of timber storage outbuilding (Resubmission of 18/00983/AS)
19/00859/AS
2019 Approved
Little Oak, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Two-storey rear extension, bay window to front elevation, replacement of single-storey si…
19/01632/AS
2019 Approved
Little Oak, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Two-storey rear extension, bay window to front elevation, replacement of single-storey si…
19/01632/AS
2019 Approved
Mayfield, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Discharge condition 2
17/01702/CONA/AS
2019 Approved
Mayfield, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Discharge condition 2
17/01702/CONA/AS
2018 Refused
Mayfield, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Erection of timber storage building (retrospective)
18/00983/AS
2018 Refused
Mayfield, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Erection of timber storage building (retrospective)
18/00983/AS
2017 Approved
Mayfield, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Removal of existing conservatory, utility, boot room, WC and detached prefabricated garag…
17/01702/AS
2017 Withdrawn
Mayfield, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Revision to rendering all lower walls and including front elevation of existing building…
17/01164/AMND/AS
2017 Approved
Mayfield, Smallhythe Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 7LU
Removal of existing conservatory, utility, boot room, WC and detached prefabricated garag…
17/01164/AS
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
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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