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Turks Head Farm, High Halden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN26 3HT

NOT/2026/0136Prior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghousesRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 27 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Prior Approval for the conversion of former agricultural building to a two bedroom dwelling with a single-storey extension.

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Biddenden
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at Turks Head Farm, High Halden Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN26 3HT. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Ashford's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Biddenden. 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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Why it was refused

  1. In the absence of any structural evidence demonstrating that the building can be converted without rebuilding, the local planning authority is of the opinion that the building operations necessary to extend and convert the building to that of a dwelling would go beyond the extent of works that are permitted under the terms of Class Q (c) and Q.1 (j)(i) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (as amended) Order 2015 (as amended).
  2. The location and siting of the proposed dwelling adjacent to agricultural buildings in active use and immediately abutting an access road used by farm machinery / vehicles, makes it otherwise impractical and undesirable for the buildings to change from agricultural to residential use. The noise and odours emitting from the adjacent farm buildings and the farm access road create a significantly adverse living environment which would be detrimental to the amenity and quality of life of future residents, contrary to sub paragraph Q.2(1) of Class Q.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN26 3HT
Application type
Prior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Biddenden

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Consultation expiry
28 February 2026
Consultation end
28 February 2026
Application expires
30 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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