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Merlewood Farm, Stede Hill, Harrietsham, Maidstone, ME171NU

08/0239Overhead Electricity LineApproved

Approved on 28 February 2008

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

A consultation with Maidstone Borough Council with EDF Energy Ltd for the replacement of existing conductors with Aerial Bundled Conductor (ABC) (Retrospective) as shown on drawing no. MERLEWOOD FARM/ABC/ISO/H9/2008 received 05/02/08.

Received
5 February 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham And Lenham
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Merlewood Farm, Stede Hill, Harrietsham, Maidstone, ME171NU. Mid Kent has handled 180 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 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. We hold 1,307 applications in total for the ME17 postcode area.

87% of all 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
ME17 1NU
Application type
Overhead Electricity Line
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrietsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2008
Target decision date
3 March 2008
Decision issued
29 February 2008
Application expires
1 April 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Units 2 & 3, Block 7, Vestry Industrial Estate, Vestry Road, Otford, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 5EL

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.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 15/1986Next to the site · +1 more
  • 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.

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.

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