Peartree Farm Ewell Lane West Farleigh Maidstone Kent ME15 0NG
Refused on 29 April 2022
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior Notification for the change of use of agricultural building 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
- 7 March 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Coxheath And Hunton
- ReceivedReceived7 Mar
- ValidatedValidated7 Mar
- Consult.Consultation31 Mar
- TargetTarget Date2 May
- DecidedDecided29 Apr
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Peartree Farm Ewell Lane West Farleigh Maidstone Kent ME15 0NG. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 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
- ME15 0NG
- Application type
- Prior Notification Class Q
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- West Farleigh
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 March 2022
- Last date for comments
- 31 March 2022
- Target decision date
- 2 May 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- F.A.O Mr Michael Raby 77 Commercial Road Paddock Wood Tonbridge TN12 6DS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-10567176
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 21/2008Part of the site · +1 more
- Ancient woodland: Chestnut GroveNext to the site
- 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.
Source: Mid Kent
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