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Land Rear Of Barn Cottage, East Street, Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1HL

09/2110FullRefused

Refused on 26 January 2010

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for the change of use of land from agricultural to domestic garden and erection of shed and fencing (currently being used for growing vegetables) as shown on drawing numbers SP02, SP03, SP04 and SP05 supported by letter dated 16th November 2009 and a design and access statement, all received 18th November 2009, and drawing number SP01 received 2nd December 2009.

Received
2 December 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham And Lenham
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land Rear Of Barn Cottage, East Street, Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1HL. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 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
ME17 1HL
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrietsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2009
Target decision date
26 January 2010
Application expires
27 January 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, National Landscapes, 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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