Cold Blow Farm Coldblow Lane Thurnham ME14 3LR
Approved on 23 November 2016
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Removal of condition 5 of application no. MA/03/1679 change of use of farm barn to B1 office/workshop and change of use of another farm barn to form stables/sand school/training area. To allow the stables, sand school, training area and classroom and associated facility to be used as part of the commercial equestrian facility.
- Received
- 26 September 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Detling And Thurnham
- ReceivedReceived26 Sep
- ValidatedValidated26 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date21 Nov
- DecidedDecided23 Nov
Decided in 58 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Cold Blow Farm Coldblow Lane Thurnham ME14 3LR. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,563 applications in total for the ME14 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
- ME14 3LR
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Thurnham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 September 2016
- Target decision date
- 21 November 2016
- Permission expires
- 23 November 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 1 London Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN1 1DH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-05436361
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 15/1976Part of the site
- National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20207 Feb
Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of the building (known as Clara's Annexe) as an…
ApprovedLawful Development Cert. (Existing)20/500539/LDCEX - 20207 Feb
Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of the building (known as the Gate annexe) as an…
RefusedLawful Development Cert. (Existing)20/500538/LDCEX
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