Planning application
Land rear of 1 and 2 Buckhurst Cottages sites 3 and 4, Ongley Lane, Biddenden
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of lawful development - Existing – Use of caravan for occasional overnight accommodation for recreational/leisure purposes and storing equipment associated with this.
As published by the council, reference PA/2025/1980
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2025/1980
- Type
- Lawful development: Existing use
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 27 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 24 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 19 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Biddenden
- Parish
- Biddenden
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
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/2025/1984 Granted
Land rear of 1 and 2 Buckhurst Cottages sites 3 and 4, Ongley Lane, Biddenden
5 Day Notification to fell for safety reasons
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Oct 2025
Received by Ashford
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24 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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19 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 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 lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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