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River Farm Chart Hill Road Staplehurst Tonbridge Kent TN12 0RW

21/505105/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 22 April 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Proposal

Retrospective application for new waste treatment plant to replace and decommission 2 No undersized existing plants. (Resubmission of 21/500721/FULL)

Received
20 September 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Boughton Monchelsea And Chart Sutton
  1. Received20 Sep
  2. Validated20 Sep
  3. Consult.8 Feb
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 214 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at River Farm Chart Hill Road Staplehurst Tonbridge Kent TN12 0RW. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 214 days, 23 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Boughton Monchelsea And Chart Sutton. We hold 1,127 applications in total for the TN12 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
TN12 0RW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Boughton Monchelsea

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 September 2021
Last date for comments
8 February 2022
Target decision date
25 April 2022
Committee meeting
21 April 2022
Permission expires
25 April 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Miss Scarlett Waller The Oast Forstal Farm Leigh Green Tenterden TN30 7DF

Planning decision

Statutory period
217 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10155638
Documents
27
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 3: High 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    20 Sep

    Retrospective application for new waste treatment plant to replace and decommission 2 No undersized existing…

    This applicationApprovedFull21/505105/FULL
  2. 2021
    16 Feb

    New waste treatment plant to replace and decommission 2 No undersized existing plants

    WithdrawnFullPart of21/500721/FULL

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    11 Aug

    Erection of a two storey side extension.

    RefusedFull22/503804/FULL
  2. 2020
    22 Jul

    Erection of extensions to existing packhouse building, together with new internal access road, amendments to…

    WithdrawnFull20/503147/FULL
  3. 2020
    17 Jul

    Full planning permission for the erection of an atmosphere controlled storage building together with external…

    WithdrawnFull20/503148/FULL
  4. 2020
    17 Jul

    Change of use of land for the siting of 20 worker caravans together with the erection of a laundry and games…

    WithdrawnFull20/503155/FULL
  5. 2018
    25 May

    Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of the land and buildings for the grading, packing…

    ApprovedLawful Development Cert. (Existing)18/502831/LDCEX
  6. 2017
    13 Jul

    Erection of a controlled atmosphere stores, covered access way, dispatch and loading bay extension and fruit…

    WithdrawnFull17/503390/FULL

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