Lodge Farm, Bowl Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0HB
About Lodge Farm
Lodge Farm is a detached house in Charing, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 0HB). It has a recorded floor area of 201 m² (around 2159 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2011) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 201 m² the property is well over the postcode median (145 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). 8 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Lodge Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Aug 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Lodge Farm has been through 6 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Jul 2022ConditionsIn report
Removal of Condition 3 of planning permission 15/01636/AS to allow use of ancillary accommodation as a single independent dwelling.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- PA/2022/2065
- Jan 2022ConditionsIn report
Variation of condition 2 on planning permission 16/01171/AS (Erection of replacement dwelling and outside swimming pool. Refurbishment of outbuildings, with outbuilding number 3 to be retained in Class B1 business use and outbuilding 2 to be converted to a garage) to alter the design and size of the approved dwelling.
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01240/AS
What's in Lodge Farm, Bowl Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0HB's planning history?
6 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Lodge Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£747,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN27 0HB: £440,000 (2024–2007).
Nearby sales in TN27 0HB
1 Bowl Cottages, Bowl Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0HB
Sold Nov 2024
£415,0004 Bowl Cottages, Bowl Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0HB
Sold Dec 2023
£440,0003 Bowl Cottages, Bowl Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0HB
Sold May 2019
£200,000Gorse Bank, Bowl Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0HB
Sold Nov 2013
£575,000Kenfield Farm, Bowl Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0HB
Sold Dec 2007
£535,000
Versus other Bowl Road homes
Floor Area for Lodge Farm runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
201 m²
Street avg 148 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.7 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Stockers Head — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Charing Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB







