Planning application
Medhurst Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8DZ
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Prior approval for change of use of one agricultural building and land within its curtilage to one dwelling house and associated operational development.
As published by the council, reference NOT/2025/1685
Application record
- Reference
- NOT/2025/1685
- Type
- Prior approval Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Prior Approval Refused
- Received
- 10 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 10 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 4 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Biddenden
- Parish
- Biddenden
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN27 8DZ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Ashford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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NOT/2026/0779 Granted
Medhurst Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8DZ
Prior approval for change of use of one agricultural building and land within its curtilage to one dwelling house and associated operational development.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Sep 2025
Received by Ashford
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4 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Ashford refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Medhurst Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, TN27 8DZ
Prior approval for change of use of one agricultural building and land within its curtilage to one dwelling house and associated operational development.
Granted Prior approval 28 docsDomestic -
Birchley House Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DZ
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Withdrawn Conditions 14 docs -
Birchley House, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8DZ
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Low Poles Farm, Fosten Lane, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8EN
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