CROWN/2025/0000002 Written representations
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Results per page 25 | 50 | 100Tanya Lomakin on behalf of Environmental Protection Team
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Submitted by: Consultees
Submitted date: 12 Sep 2025
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Alice Brockway on behalf of Historic England
Please find attached Historic England’s response to the above application for retention of the Sevington Inland Border Facility. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Submitted by: Consultees
Submitted date: 12 Sep 2025
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I strongly object to any plan to make the Sevington lorry park a permanent feature. This facility is completely unsuitable for a built-up residential area like Ashford. It’s dangerous, disruptive, and has already caused lasting damage to the town. • The light pollution is extreme — the whole area is lit up like a stadium all night, making it impossible to sleep or enjoy our homes. • The noise from lorries arriving, idling, and moving through the night is constant and stressful. • The local... Read more
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 11 Sep 2025
I strongly object to the plan to make the Sevington lorry park a permanent fixture. Here are the main reasons why: • Light pollution: The park is lit up like an airport runway every night. The floodlights shine straight into our homes and bedrooms. It’s hard to sleep, and our once-dark street now feels like an industrial estate. • Noise and disruption: Lorries come and go all night. The engine noise, reversing alarms, and general movement make it impossible to enjoy peace and quiet at home —... Read more
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 11 Sep 2025
I am writing to formally object to the proposed extension and potential permanent designation of the Sevington lorry park, which is located directly opposite my home. The operation of this facility has already caused significant harm to residential amenity, road safety, public health, and local environmental quality — all of which fall within the scope of material planning considerations under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The scale and intensity of light pollution from the facility... Read more
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 11 Sep 2025
I wish to strongly object to the proposed extension and potential permanent designation of the lorry park and customs facility at Sevington, directly across from my home. The introduction of this development has already caused a serious decline in the quality of life for nearby residents, and it would be wholly inappropriate and unjustifiable to make this situation permanent. One of the most immediate and unavoidable issues is the level of light pollution generated by the site. Similar to obj... Read more
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 11 Sep 2025
I am writing to formally object to the proposal to extend or make permanent the lorry park and customs checkpoint at Sevington. Since its construction, this facility has had a significant and deeply negative impact on my quality of life, the safety of local roads, and the overall character of Ashford as a town. I urge the planning authority to seriously reconsider the implications of allowing this development to continue indefinitely. One of the most immediate and distressing effects has been... Read more
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 11 Sep 2025
I am writing to register my strong objection to the proposed extension and potential permanent status of the Sevington Lorry Park, which is situated directly opposite my home. I believe this development has already had, and will continue to have, a severe negative impact on both local residents and the wider Ashford community — and should not be permitted to continue in its current or extended form. 1. Light Pollution and Loss of Residential Amenity The hundreds of industrial-grade lamp po... Read more
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 11 Sep 2025
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The lorry’s on the roads and round abouts are constantly creating dangerous situations for drivers in the areas, they are always parking near in locations they are not supposed too. The light pollution from the site is a disgrace, lights never turn off and are equal to that of a football stadium 24/7, the noise of the site is also constant and destructive to the once calm area. This site was never discussed and agreed by the local community , it was planned and forced by politicians that l... Read more
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 11 Sep 2025
Wendy Rogers on behalf of Kent County Council and Ashford Borough Council
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Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 11 Sep 2025
Introduction 1 The development of the SIBF site has already caused substantial harm to the setting of the Grade I Listed Building, St Mary’s Church, Sevington. This impact was meant to be mitigated in three ways as part of the development consent: • Protected views through the commercial site. • A 30-bay church car park. • A circa £200,000 contribution to ‘church works’ before development commences. 2 The first two were implemented but the third has not so far been forthcoming. There is... Read more
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 11 Sep 2025
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Helen Forster on behalf of Kent County Council’s Ecological Advice Service
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Submitted by: Consultees
Submitted date: 11 Sep 2025
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As a neighbour to this site, I lodge my objection to this application as submitted on the following grounds: 1. Noise: The noise emitted from the site has resulted in significant loss of amenity, regularly intrusive outside, often intrusive internally. The noise has impacted sleep and induces a feeling of nausea, particularly when continuous over several hours. Noise issues from the site, in order of impact, are as follows: a. Low frequency noise from multiple idling engines and ref... Read more
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 10 Sep 2025
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Ruth Judge on behalf of Wye with Hinxhill Parish Council
At the Parish Council meeting on the 8th September Cllrs resolved to OBJECT on the grounds of the high level of light pollution and glare contrary to Ashford Borough councils dark skies policy env4 and the wide-ranging effect on the views from the Kent Downs AONB. The proposals continue to cause harm to the local environment, bats, insects and wildlife. Further lighting mitigation proposed would be welcomed if enforced and actively managed.
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 10 Sep 2025
Malcolm Wills on behalf of Kent County Council - Public Rights of Way
The only comment we have regarding this application is that we would wish to see the retention of the s106 requirement to reinstate the original alignment of the direct route Sevington to Mersham Church should operation of the site as an inland border facility ever cease.
Submitted by: Consultees
Submitted date: 10 Sep 2025
S Moore on behalf of Natural England
Please see Natural England’s response below to CROWN/2025/0000002
Submitted by: Consultees
Submitted date: 10 Sep 2025
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Clerk to Brabourne Parish Council on behalf of Brabourne Parish Council
Brabourne Parish Council supports the planning matters raised by Sevington with Finberry Parish Council and Mersham Parish Council.
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 4 Sep 2025
Katie Miller on behalf of Kent Downs National Landscape team
The Border Facility lies within the setting of the KDNL. The NPPG on natural environment specifically recognises that ‘Land within the setting of these areas often makes an important contribution to maintaining their natural beauty, and where poorly located or designed development can do significant harm. This is especially the case where long views from or to the designated landscape are identified as important, or where the landscape character of land within and adjoining the designated ar... Read more
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 3 Sep 2025
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Jennifer Wilson on behalf of Environment Agency
Please find attached our response to the above consultation.
Submitted by: Consultees
Submitted date: 3 Sep 2025
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Redacted representation comment
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 11 Aug 2025
Redacted representation comment
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 11 Aug 2025
The current facility, is poorly sign posted and there are still trucks that become stuck on Cheesemans Green lane causing major disruption to local residents as the trucks are unable to turn, leading them having to reverse back down tight country lane. There has been considerable amounts of rubbish on the surrounding verges of the site where truck drivers have left and emptied there trucks leading to large quantities of rubbish, totally unacceptable for local residence being effected by this. Fi... Read more
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 5 Aug 2025
Rikk Sowerby on behalf of UK Power Networks
We refer to the Planning Application for the above site. The proposed development is in close proximity to our substations and have the following observations to make: If the proposed works are located within 6m of the substation, then they are notifiable under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. The Applicant should provide details of the proposed works and liaise with the Company to ensure that appropriate protective measures and mitigation solutions are agreed in accordance with the Act. T... Read more
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 4 Aug 2025
The massive amount and brightness of the lighting seems unnecessary. At night the whole sky is lit up across the whole site when there are barely any lorries there. I don’t see the need to have the whole site lit up to the extent that it is. It’s wasteful, unnecessary and intrusive to the surrounding area and homes. I live over a mile away from the site but it still streams light into my home all night.
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 3 Aug 2025
As a nearby resident, I have some safety concerns around the Sevington interchange as a result of the continuing operation of this facility. Lorries occasionally attempt to enter via the staff entrance, which leads to blocking church road with no area to turn. For those residents who live nearby, this is hazardous. On exit from the site, many lorries head towards the m20, dover bound. I have personally had more than 6 near misses on the 10a roundabout in 18 months where lorries change lane... Read more
Submitted by: Interested party
Submitted date: 2 Aug 2025