The property is situated on Sandwich Road in the village of Ash, a predominantly rural and residential settlement in east Kent, within the Dover District, in the South East. Ash lies approximately 3 miles west of the historic Cinque Port of Sandwich and within commuting distance of Canterbury, providing a village location with access to nearby towns and services.
The property comprises a commercial site extending to approximately 1 acre (0.40 hectares), incorporating office and warehouse buildings arranged around a central concrete-surfaced yard. Access is directly from Sandwich Road, with on-site circulation, loading and parking facilities.
Building A, positioned to the front of the site, provides office and ancillary accommodation. It is of brick and timber frame construction with timber-clad elevations beneath a pitched roof.
Building B, positioned along the east boundary, provides warehouse and
storage accommodation.
Building C, located to the rear, provides warehouse and storage accommodation.
Buildings B and C are of concrete portal frame construction with elevations and roofs clad in profiled asbestos cement sheeting, and solid concrete floors suitable for storage and light industrial use.
A hybrid planning application (Ref: 20/00284) was submitted in May 2020 relating to land at 63/65 Sandwich Road, Ash, together with land to the rear of No. 71 Sandwich Road. The application comprised two phases. Phase 1 was a full application for the erection of 18 dwellings and 4 flats, together with access, parking, associated infrastructure and landscaping, and related specifically to the land at No. 71 Sandwich Road. Phase 2 was an outline application (with all matters reserved except access and layout) for a building comprising 10 flats and 5 dwellings, which related to the subject property at 63/65 Sandwich
Road.
The application was validated on 20 May 2020; however, the statutory determination period expired on 19 August 2020 without a decision being issued. No appeal was subsequently
lodged, and the application is therefore recorded as finally disposed of.
The following application site is immediately adjoining to the southwest, being of particular
relevance to the local planning context.
– 52 New Ash Street; Reference: 22/01497
– Application type: Outline planning application
– Proposal: Development of up to 53 dwellings, including parking, open space, landscaping, drainage, and associated infrastructure. Existing buildings to be demolished. All matters reserved except access.
– Decision: Grant of Outline Planning Permission – 17th May 2024.
