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Medhurst Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8DZ

NOT/2026/0779Prior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghousesApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: Prior Approval Is GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for change of use of one agricultural building and land within its curtilage to one dwelling house and associated operational development.

Received
28 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Biddenden
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.24 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Medhurst Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8DZ. Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Biddenden. We hold 353 applications in total for the TN27 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
TN27 8DZ
Application type
Prior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Biddenden

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2026
Consultation expiry
24 May 2026
Consultation end
24 May 2026
Application expires
23 June 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Prior Approval Is Given
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

Source: Ashford

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