Planning appeal decision
Andrews Garage, Plain Road, Smeeth , Ashford, Kent , TN25 6RA
Planning appeal 3374446 at Andrews Garage, Plain Road, Smeeth , Ashford, Kent , TN25 6RA (Ashford Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 December 2025 by Inspector Dring G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the details submitted are sufficient to discharge parts 1 and 3 of condition 4 attached to planning permission Ref 18/01454/AS in relation to contamination.
demolition of Andrews Garage and the construction of 5 houses with associated parking, revised vehicular access and car barn
- Authority
- Ashford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Dring G
- Postcode
- TN25 6RA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the details submitted are sufficient to discharge parts 1 and 3 of condition 4 attached to planning permission Ref 18/01454/AS in relation to contamination
What decided it
The absence of evidence regarding the safe transfer and disposal of contaminated waste material removed from the site to the Piggeries, and lack of information about potential leaching impacts from the stockpiles, meant the appellant could not demonstrate that part 3 of the contamination condition had been properly discharged.
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