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Matts Hill Farm, Matts Hill Road, Hartlip, Sittingbourne, ME9 7UY

07/1689Adjoining Authority ConsultationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 August 2007

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

A consultation with Maidstone Borough Council by Swale Borough Council for retrospective planning permission to enhance landscaping bund south and Southwest of Matts Hill Farm, Matts Hill Road as shown on details received on 14/08/07.

Received
14 August 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Not In Borough Area
  1. Received14 Aug
  2. Validated14 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 17 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Matts Hill Farm, Matts Hill Road, Hartlip, Sittingbourne, ME9 7UY. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 6 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 postcode area.

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

Postcode
ME9 7UY
Application type
Adjoining Authority Consultation
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not In Borough Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 August 2007
Target decision date
3 September 2007
Application expires
9 October 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Borough Planning Officer, Swale House, East Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3HT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2011
    10 Aug

    Consultation with Maidstone Borough Council by Swale Borough Council for a retrospective application for the…

    ApprovedAdjoining Authority Consultation11/1355
  2. 2011
    9 Jun

    A consultation with Maidstone Borough Council by Swale Borough Council for the change of use of Unit 2 from…

    ApprovedAdjoining Authority Consultation11/0955
  3. 2010
    13 Dec

    A consultation with Maidstone Borough Council by Swale Borough Council for a retrospective change of use of…

    ApprovedAdjoining Authority Consultation10/2140
  4. 2010
    13 Dec

    A consultation with Maidstone Borough Council by Swale Borough Council for change of use of agricultural…

    ApprovedAdjoining Authority Consultation10/2141
  5. 2010
    13 Dec

    A consultation with Maidstone Borough Council by Swale Council for a change of use from agricultural bunded…

    ApprovedAdjoining Authority Consultation10/2132
  6. 2010
    13 Dec

    A consultation with Maidstone Borough Council by Swale Borough Council for change of use of agricultural…

    ApprovedAdjoining Authority Consultation10/2139

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