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Smiths Hall, West Farleigh Hall, Lower Road, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME150PE

08/0446FullRefused

Refused on 7 August 2008

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of single storey building (for storage and onsite energy generation) as shown on drawing number 08/SH/02 received 28th February 2008, site location plan, tree planting scheme and covering letter received 18th April 2008, and site plan, drawing numbers 08/SH/01 Rev A and 155302, Design and Access Statement, email and extract from operating manual received 23rd June 2008.

Received
23 June 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Coxheath And Hunton
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Aug
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Smiths Hall, West Farleigh Hall, Lower Road, West Farleigh, Maidstone, ME150PE. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 postcode area.

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

Postcode
ME15 0PE
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Farleigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2008
Target decision date
17 August 2008
Committee meeting
7 August 2008
Decision issued
14 August 2008
Application expires
18 August 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Cameron Buildings, Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent, BR28HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West FarleighPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Garden House, West Farleigh HallOn this site · +4 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 21/2008Part of the site
  • Ancient woodland: Chestnut GrovePart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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