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Land Adj A249, Detling Hill, Thurnham

02/1245Adjoining Authority ConsultationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 August 2002

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

A consultation with Maidstone Borough Council by Kent County Council for amended details to those approved under MA/99/317 (change of use of agricultural/woodland to recreational use) relating to a turning head and gate, as shown on dwg nos L/PGENWHW/00/02 Rev C, LA/WHW/2002/SD1 received 08.07.02.

Received
8 July 2002
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Thurnham
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Land Adj A249, Detling Hill, Thurnham. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

83% of outline applications at Maidstone Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Adjoining Authority Consultation
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2002
Target decision date
2 September 2002
Decision issued
19 August 2002

Applicant and agent

Agent address
First Floor, Invicta House, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Land North of Thurnham
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

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© 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.

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Source: Mid Kent

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