Agricultural Building at, Orchard Barn, Gribble Bridge Lane, Biddenden (Submitted as: Orchard Barn, Gribble Bridge Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8DH)
Approved
Council decision: Prior Approval Is GivenDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior approval for a change of use of an agricultural building and land within its curtilage to one residential dwelling and associated operational development.
- Received
- 1 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Ashford Borough Council
- Ward
- Biddenden
- ReceivedReceived1 Jun
- ValidatedValidated2 Jun
- Consult.Consultation29 Jun
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Agricultural Building at, Orchard Barn, Gribble Bridge Lane, Biddenden (Submitted as: Orchard Barn, Gribble Bridge Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8DH). Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 June 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 8DH
- Application type
- Prior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Biddenden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 June 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 29 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 29 June 2026
- Application expires
- 28 July 2026
Planning decision
- Decision
- Prior Approval Is Given
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
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.
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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.
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Source: Ashford
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