Planning appeal decision
Agricultural Buidings Named Dg Grinding, Gribble Bridge Lane, Biddenden, Kent, TN278DH
Planning appeal 3358227 at Agricultural Buidings Named Dg Grinding, Gribble Bridge Lane, Biddenden, Kent, TN278DH (Ashford Borough Council) was allowed on 28 May 2025 by Inspector Dyer I, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is permitted development having regard to Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
prior approval for a proposed change of use of an agricultural building and land within its curtilage to a dwelling house and associated operational development
- Authority
- Ashford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Dyer I
- Postcode
- TN27 8DH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is permitted development having regard to Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
What decided it
The proposal retains the fundamental structure of the building and the scope of works necessary to convert it to residential use do not constitute rebuilding, thereby satisfying the requirements of Class Q of the GPDO.
The decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Ashford Borough Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025
- Allowed22 June 20266003600Tatton Barn, Hamstreet Road, Hamstreet, Ashford, TN26 2EW
- Allowed22 April 20263376208Mainey Farm, Pluckley Road , Maltmans Hill, Smarden, Kent, TN27 8RD
- Allowed9 April 20263368725Land Adjacent to the Bull Inn, Bethersden, Ashford, TN26 3LB
- Dismissed7 April 20266003396Barn South of Chart Court Barn, Pluckley Road, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, TN27 0QH
- Allowed30 March 20266002407Belvedere Stables, High Halden Road, Nr Ashford, Kent, TN30 6SY
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®