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Court Farm Thurnham Lane Thurnham Kent ME14 3LG

23/501367/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 17 November 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use of land for the storage of waste and empty skips, including installation of temporary concrete blocks to form storage bays for ready sourced aggregates, siting of 3no. secure waste containers and 2no. storage containers, parking of 2no. lorries, and chopping and storage of logs (retrospective).

Received
27 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Detling And Thurnham
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.14 Jul
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 204 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Court Farm Thurnham Lane Thurnham Kent ME14 3LG. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 204 days, 21 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 3LG
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2023
Consultation expiry
8 June 2023
Last date for comments
14 July 2023
Target decision date
17 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
204 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 May 2023
Advertisement expiry
8 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12003735
Documents
58

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Court FarmOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1/1973Part of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodland: North Honeyhills WoodPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

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.

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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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