Forge Farmhouse Staple Street Hernhill Faversham Kent ME13 9UD

17/503400/PNQCLAPrior Notification Class QApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 August 2017

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of building and land within its curtilage from an agricultural use to a use falling within Class C3 (one dwelling) (as clarified by email dated 22/08/2017)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: 29 June 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Boughton And Courtenay

ReceivedReceived29 Jun
ValidatedValidated29 Jun
Consult.Consultation25 Jul
TargetTarget Date24 Aug
DecidedDecided30 Aug

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Forge Farmhouse Staple Street Hernhill Faversham Kent ME13 9UD. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Boughton And Courtenay. We hold 1,018 applications in total for the ME13 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: ME13 9UD
Application type: Prior Notification Class Q
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hernhill

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 June 2017
Last date for comments: 25 July 2017
Target decision date: 24 August 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO Mr T Ogden 77 Commercial Road Paddock Wood Tonbridge Kent TN12 6DS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 10
Constraints: 1

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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