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Land North And West Of Tonge Corner Farm Tonge Corner Road Tonge Kent ME9 9BB

18/501479/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 20 June 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Minor Material Amendment to condition 2 of SW/14/0224 (Solar Farm comprising the erection of solar arrays of photovoltaic panels, inverter and transformer sheds, fencing, site storage cabin, combined DNO and EPC switch gear housing, internal gravel access road, and associated equipment) to facilitate amendments to the approved plans in respect of the fencing and PV (solar panels) layout.

Received
10 April 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Teynham And Lynsted
  1. Received10 Apr
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.25 May
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land North And West Of Tonge Corner Farm Tonge Corner Road Tonge Kent ME9 9BB. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Teynham And Lynsted. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 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
ME9 9BB
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Tonge

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 April 2018
Consultation expiry
25 May 2018
Last date for comments
25 May 2018
Target decision date
10 July 2018
Permission expires
20 June 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Office 7 Capron House Midhurst GU29 9DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 April 2018
Advertisement expiry
25 May 2018
Site notice start
24 April 2018
Site notice end
22 May 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06825402
Documents
13
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Tonge Corner FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • SSSI: The Swale SSSINext to the site
  • Special Protection Area: The SwaleNext to the site
  • Ramsar wetland: The SwaleNext to the site
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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, Special Areas of Conservation, 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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© 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.

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Source: Mid Kent

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