Planning application
The Old Petrol Station at, Heartsay Garage, Headcorn Road, Biddenden (Submitted as: Heartsay Workshop, Headcorn Road, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8JY)
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Erection of a new light industrial building, ancillary to the existing light industrial building/Warehouse
As published by the council, reference PA/2026/1027
Application record
- Reference
- PA/2026/1027
- Type
- Lawful development: Proposed use
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Planning Permission is Required
- Received
- 9 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 4 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Biddenden
- Parish
- Biddenden
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN27 8JY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jun 2026
Received by Ashford
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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4 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Planning Permission is Required
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 grant of permission means
Ashford granted permission on 4 August 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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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