The Farrow Barn Gibsons Barn Lower Farm Road Boughton Monchelsea Maidstone Kent ME17 3HA
Approved on 30 March 2022
Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior notification for the change of use of agricultural barn to 1no. dwelling and associated operation development. For its prior approval to: - Transport and Highways impacts of the development - Noise impacts of the development - Contamination risks on the site - Flooding risks on the site - Whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the use of the building to change from agricultural use to C3 (dwellinghouses) - Design and external appearance impacts on the building - Provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses.
- Received
- 2 February 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Boughton Monchelsea And Chart Sutton
- ReceivedReceived2 Feb
- ValidatedValidated2 Feb
- Consult.Consultation3 Mar
- TargetTarget Date30 Mar
- DecidedDecided30 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at The Farrow Barn Gibsons Barn Lower Farm Road Boughton Monchelsea Maidstone Kent ME17 3HA. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Boughton Monchelsea And Chart Sutton. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 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
- ME17 3HA
- Application type
- Prior Notification Class Q
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Boughton Monchelsea
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 February 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 3 March 2022
- Last date for comments
- 3 March 2022
- Target decision date
- 30 March 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- F.A.O Mr Andrew Street Globe House Eclipse Business Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 3EN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 9 February 2022
- Site notice end
- 3 March 2022
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-10555554
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201628 Nov
Prior notification for the change of use of Hay Barn and land within its curtilage from an Agricultural use…
RefusedPrior Notification Class Q16/508211/PNQCLA - 201628 Nov
Prior Notification for change of use of agricultural building to a dwellinghouse (Class C3). For it's prior…
RefusedPrior Notification Class Q16/508225/PNQCLA
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