Reeds Wood Cox Street Detling Maidstone Kent ME14 3HL
Refused on 30 November 2023
Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Change of use of land to a luxury holiday park to comprising 6no. hard standing pitches, 2no. safari lodges, swim pond, cycle store and conversion of existing agricultural barn to a reception building with associated access, parking, foul water package treatment plant, 2no. surface water attenuation ponds with landscaping and lighting.
- Received
- 26 April 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Detling And Thurnham
- ReceivedReceived26 Apr
- ValidatedValidated26 Apr
- Consult.Consultation16 Oct
- TargetTarget Date30 Nov
- DecidedDecided30 Nov
Decided in 218 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Reeds Wood Cox Street Detling Maidstone Kent ME14 3HL. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 218 days, 23 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,560 applications in total for the ME14 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
- ME14 3HL
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Detling
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 April 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 8 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 16 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 30 November 2023
- Committee meeting
- 16 November 2023
- Permission expires
- 23 November 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mr Michael Tamsett 76 Ufton Lane Ufton Lane Sittingbourne ME10 1EX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 218 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 May 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 8 June 2023
- Site notice start
- 17 May 2023
- Site notice end
- 7 June 2023
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 24/500097/REF
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed and or Notice Upheld
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12015928
- Documents
- 84
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 11/1983Part of the site
- National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
- Ancient woodland: Newlands/Burnt WoodsPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, 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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Source: Mid Kent
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