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The Hay Barn Rabbits Cross Farm Lower Farm Road Boughton Monchelsea Kent ME17 3HA

16/508211/PNQCLAPrior Notification Class QRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 20 January 2017

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of Hay Barn and land within its curtilage from an Agricultural use to a use falling within Class C3 (Dwelling houses). For it's prior approval to: -Transport and Highways impacts of the development. - Contamination risks on 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.

Received
28 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boughton Monchelsea And Chart Sutton
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Jan
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided20 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at The Hay Barn Rabbits Cross Farm Lower Farm Road Boughton Monchelsea Kent ME17 3HA. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Boughton Monchelsea And Chart Sutton. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 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
ME17 3HA
Application type
Prior Notification Class Q
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Boughton Monchelsea

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2016
Consultation expiry
17 January 2017
Last date for comments
17 January 2017
Target decision date
22 January 2017
Permission expires
20 January 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr G Mickelborough 77 Commercial Road Paddock Wood Tonbridge Kent TN12 6DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 December 2016
Site notice end
17 January 2017

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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© 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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