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Land at Chapel Farm, Lenham Heath Road, Lenham, Kent

KCC/MA/0135/2025OutlineAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed development of a new sand quarry involving the extraction, screening and transport of approximately 3.2 million tonnes of soft sand, with progressive low-level restoration to agriculture and biodiversity enhancements, including associated temporary site compound facilities, plant and equipm...

Submitted
18 November 2025
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.14 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Land at Chapel Farm, Lenham Heath Road, Lenham, Kent. Kent has handled 9 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
ME17 2PH
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Medium
District
Maidstone Borough Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Consultation expiry
14 January 2026
Consultation end
14 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
85

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Lenham Village
  • Listed building: Grade II: Court Lodge CottageOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Lenham Conservation Area
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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.

Source: Kent

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