Cold Blow Farm Cold Blow Lane Thurnham

03/1679FullApproved

Approved on 1 December 2003

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

A change of use of farm barn to B1 office/workshop and change of use of another farm barn to form stables/sand school/training area, as shown on drawing nos. 23.471/1, 2 and 3 and site plan and block plan received on 20.08.03.

Received: 19 August 2003
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Detling And Thurnham

ReceivedReceived19 Aug
ValidatedValidated27 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date22 Oct
DecidedDecided1 Dec

Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Cold Blow Farm Cold Blow Lane Thurnham. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

85% of full 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: Full
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 August 2003
Target decision date: 22 October 2003
Decision issued: 3 December 2003
Application expires: 22 October 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 1, London Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1DH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation Order: Ref 15/1976Part of the site
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, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Source: Mid Kent

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