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Cold Blow Farm Coldblow Lane Thurnham ME14 3LR

20/500538/LDCEXLawful Development Cert. (Existing)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 2 April 2020

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of the building (known as the Gate annexe) as an independent Dwellinghouse.

Received
7 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Detling And Thurnham
  1. Received7 Feb
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Cold Blow Farm Coldblow Lane Thurnham ME14 3LR. Mid Kent has handled 419 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 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.

83% of amendment 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
Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2020
Target decision date
3 April 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Canan Clatworthy 1 London Road Tunbridge Wells TN1 1DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08427186
Documents
11
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    7 Feb

    Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of the building (known as the Gate annexe) as an…

    This applicationRefusedAmendment20/500538/LDCEX
  2. 2020
    7 Feb

    Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of the building (known as Clara's Annexe) as an…

    ApprovedLawful Development Cert. (Existing)Filed alongside20/500539/LDCEX

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    26 Sep

    Removal of condition 5 of application no. MA/03/1679

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)16/506596/FULL

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