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Smiths Hall Lower Road West Farleigh Kent ME15 0PE

22/505930/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 1 March 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent for the linking of an underground electrical cable from a ground mounted solar array to the basement of Smiths Hall.

Received
4 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coxheath And Hunton
  1. Received4 Jan
  2. Validated4 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target1 Mar
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a solar installation at Smiths Hall Lower Road West Farleigh Kent ME15 0PE. Mid Kent has handled 639 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 postcode area.

68% of heritage 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 0PE
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Farleigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 January 2023
Consultation expiry
10 February 2023
Last date for comments
10 February 2023
Target decision date
1 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Maurice Ashenden-Bax Pickering Moor Farm Stape Pickering YO18 8HZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 January 2023
Advertisement expiry
2 February 2023
Site notice start
20 January 2023
Site notice end
10 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11784630
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West FarleighPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Garden House, West Farleigh HallOn this site · +4 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 21/2008Part of the site
  • Ancient woodland: Chestnut GrovePart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    5 Apr

    Submission of Details pursuant to condition 3 (Archaeological Watching Brief) of Application 22/505929/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/501595/SUB
  2. 2023
    10 Jan

    Change of use of agricultural land for the erection of a solar array, to serve Smiths Hall via an underground…

    ApprovedFullFiled alongside22/505929/FULL
  3. 2023
    4 Jan

    Listed Building Consent for the linking of an underground electrical cable from a ground mounted solar array…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent22/505930/LBC

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