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Friningham Farm Friningham Detling Kent ME14 3JD

17/500465/ENVSCREIA Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 June 2017

Council decision: No Further Action RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion - Change of use and conversion of former agricultural store building to provide 1 x unit of holiday accommodation (17/500322 refers).

Received
23 January 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Detling And Thurnham
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated1 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Feb
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 148 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Friningham Farm Friningham Detling Kent ME14 3JD. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 14 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,563 applications in total for the ME14 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
ME14 3JD
Application type
EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 February 2017
Target decision date
22 February 2017
Application expires
22 February 2017
Permission expires
29 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
26 Kings Hill Avenue King Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4AE

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
0
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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