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Farm buildings at Bull Lane Farm, Bull Lane, Bethersden, Kent, TN26 3HA

16/01039/ASPrior approval Part 3 Class Q: Agricultural buildings to dwellinghousesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 August 2016

Council decision: Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use from agricultural building to one dwelling house and associated operational development

Received
11 July 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weald Central
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Farm buildings at Bull Lane Farm, Bull Lane, Bethersden, Kent, TN26 3HA. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 65 applications across Weald Central. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the TN26 postcode area.

85% of outline applications at Ashford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN26 3HA
Application type
Prior approval Part 3 Class Q: Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bethersden

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2016
Consultation expiry
6 August 2016
Consultation start
13 July 2016
Consultation end
6 August 2016
Target decision date
5 September 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Lambert & Foster 77 Commercial Road Paddock Wood Tonbridge Kent TN12 6DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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  1. 2019
    27 Jun

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    ApprovedOutlineRelated19/00929/AS
  2. 2019
    18 Apr

    Discharge of conditions 1, 2 & 3

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions16/01039/CONA/AS
  3. 2016
    11 Jul

    Prior approval for change of use from agricultural building to one dwelling house and associated operational…

    This applicationApprovedOutline16/01039/AS

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