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Honywood Farm, West Street, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2EP

11/1102FullApproved

Approved on 19 October 2011

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Conversion and change of use of existing workshop building to create holiday lets (3 units) and erection of a replacement single storey tractor/agricultural store as shown on drawing nos. HF-6 and HF-7 received on 1st July 2011, HF-9 received on 5th July 2011, HF-8 received on 9th August 2001 and bat survey received on 25th August 2011.

Received
25 August 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham And Lenham
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated25 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Oct
  5. Decided19 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Honywood Farm, West Street, Lenham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2EP. 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 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,311 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 2EP
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 August 2011
Target decision date
19 October 2011
Application expires
20 October 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01536622
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Honeywood FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Source: Mid Kent

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