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Cold Blow Farm Coldblow Lane Thurnham Maidstone Kent ME14 3LR

20/501815/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 19 August 2020

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for retention of residential conversion works and use of part of existing building as an independent dwelling ( known as Gate Annexe) with associated curtilage and parking.

Received
29 April 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Detling And Thurnham
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.11 Jun
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Cold Blow Farm Coldblow Lane Thurnham Maidstone Kent ME14 3LR. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,563 applications in total for the ME14 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
ME14 3LR
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2020
Consultation expiry
4 June 2020
Last date for comments
11 June 2020
Target decision date
28 August 2020
Permission expires
19 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Harriet Richardson 1 London Road Tunbridge Wells TN1 1DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
121 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 May 2020
Site notice end
4 June 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08658270
Documents
21
Constraints
16

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.

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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