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Bloomsburys Biddenden, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8DQ

PA/2025/1602Full planning permissionRefused
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Refused on 11 December 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Provision of vehicle access and parking and turning area (retrospective)

Received
29 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Biddenden
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Dec

Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bloomsburys Biddenden, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8DQ. Ashford has handled 2,705 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. 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.

89% of full 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. The proposal fails to demonstrate that the visibility splays at the vehicular access would be sufficient to ensure safe access and egress for its intended use(s). In the absence of this evidence, it cannot be concluded that the proposed access would provide adequate highway safety, contrary to Policy TRA7 of the Local Plan and Paragraphs 115 and 116 of the NPPF, which require that developments do not compromise highway safety and provide safe and suitable access for all users.
  2. In the absence of an arboricultural survey and impact assessment in accord with BS5837 'Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction – Code of practice', it cannot be concluded that the development has not had an adverse impact on the existing trees and hedgerows within and/or along the boundaries of the site which are important landscape features, the degradation and possible loss of which would have an adverse impact on the character and appearance of the site and its rural surroundings, contrary to Policies SP6, ENV3a and ENV5 and paragraphs 135, 136 and 187 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN27 8DQ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Biddenden

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2025
Consultation expiry
11 December 2025
Consultation end
11 December 2025
Application expires
11 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
104 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14255526
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation OrderProtected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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© 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.

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