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The Hay Barn Tutsham Farm West Farleigh Kent ME15 0NE

15/502255/PNBCMPrior Notification Class MBApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 6 May 2015

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for the Prior Approval for the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from use as an agricultural building to use falling within Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) of the schedule of the use classes order and building operations reasonably necessary to convert the buildings.For it's prior approval to:- Transport and Highways impacts of the development.- Contamination risks on the site.- Flooding risks on the site.- Noise impacts of the development.- Whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the use of the building to change as proposed.- Design and external appearance impacts on the building

Received
24 March 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coxheath And Hunton
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at The Hay Barn Tutsham Farm West Farleigh Kent ME15 0NE. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 postcode area.

83% of outline 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 0NE
Application type
Prior Notification Class MB
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Farleigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2015
Consultation expiry
30 April 2015
Last date for comments
30 April 2015
Target decision date
19 May 2015
Application expires
19 May 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 April 2015
Site notice end
30 April 2015

Additional information

Documents
22
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Kent

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