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Low Poles Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8EN

PA/2025/1792Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent for the removal of a modern internal paddle staircase located within the dining room, together with the blocking up of an existing staircase opening at second floor level.

Received
26 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Biddenden
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Low Poles Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8EN. Ashford has handled 458 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Ashford's typical decision time. 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 41 applications across Biddenden. We hold 353 applications in total for the TN27 postcode area.

88% of heritage 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 8EN
Application type
Listed building consent (Alt/Ext)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Biddenden

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2025
Consultation expiry
6 November 2025
Consultation end
6 November 2025
Application expires
26 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
80 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14363517
Documents
10

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.

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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