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Elmscroft Farm Charlton Lane West Farleigh Kent ME15 0NY

14/503157/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 1 April 2015

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from farm contractors storage and workshop to motor vehicle workshop and repairs.

Received
28 August 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coxheath And Hunton
  1. Received28 Aug
  2. Validated28 Aug
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 216 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Elmscroft Farm Charlton Lane West Farleigh Kent ME15 0NY. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 216 days, 23 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 12 other applications 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 0NY
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Farleigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 August 2014
Consultation expiry
26 December 2014
Last date for comments
26 December 2014
Target decision date
23 October 2014
Application expires
23 October 2014
Permission expires
1 April 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 December 2014
Site notice end
26 December 2014

Additional information

Documents
27
Constraints
8

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    10 Aug

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 (details of the 2m high close boarded fence with access gate)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20/503510/SUB
  2. 2014
    28 Aug

    Change of use from farm contractors storage and workshop to motor vehicle workshop and repairs.

    This applicationApprovedFull14/503157/FULL

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    19 Oct

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 14-(closure report) subject to 23/505810/FULL

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/503988/SUB
  2. 2025
    27 Feb

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 6- (lighting) subject to 23/505810/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/500814/SUB
  3. 2025
    19 Feb

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 9 - hard and soft landscaping, Subject to 23/505810/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/500703/SUB
  4. 2024
    19 Nov

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 4- (Construction Management Plan) subject to 23/505810/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/504806/SUB
  5. 2024
    25 Sep

    Submission of details to discharge condition 6 (external lighting) Subject to 23/505810/FULL

    RefusedDischarge of conditions24/504035/SUB
  6. 2024
    20 Aug

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 13 (Contamination) Subject to 23/505810/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/503508/SUB

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