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Cold Blow Farm Coldblow Lane Thurnham Kent ME14 3LR

22/503214/LDCEXLawful Development Cert. (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 14 October 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for use of the land for the stationing of (Maximum of 4) caravans for use as temporary contractor's accommodation.

Received
5 July 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Detling And Thurnham
  1. Received5 Jul
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Oct
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 101 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Cold Blow Farm Coldblow Lane Thurnham Kent ME14 3LR. Mid Kent has handled 419 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 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
Medium
Parish
Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 July 2022
Target decision date
14 October 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Christine Dadswell 1 London Road Tunbridge Wells TN1 1DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
101 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11358127
Documents
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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© 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.

Source: Mid Kent

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