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The Old Petrol Station at, Heartsay Garage, Headcorn Road, Biddenden (Submitted as: Heartsay Workshop, Headcorn Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8JY)

PA/2026/1027Lawful development: Proposed useAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Erection of a new light industrial building, ancillary to the existing light industrial building/Warehouse

Received
9 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Biddenden
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at The Old Petrol Station at, Heartsay Garage, Headcorn Road, Biddenden (Submitted as: Heartsay Workshop, Headcorn Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8JY). Ashford has handled 467 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. 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.

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Application details

Postcode
TN27 8JY
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Biddenden

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2026
Application expires
4 August 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Planning Permission is Required
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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.

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