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Elmscroft Farm Charlton Lane West Farleigh Kent ME15 0NY

23/502673/LDCEXLawful Development Cert. (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 21 August 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for existing use of the building for vehicle repairs (within the front of the building) and commercial storage purposes (use class B8) to the rear.

Received
26 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coxheath And Hunton
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Elmscroft Farm Charlton Lane West Farleigh Kent ME15 0NY. Mid Kent has handled 419 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 12 other applications at this address. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 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
ME15 0NY
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Farleigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2023
Target decision date
21 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Joe Alderman Downe House 303 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12217026
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    19 Oct

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 14-(closure report) subject to 23/505810/FULL

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/503988/SUB
  2. 2025
    27 Feb

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 6- (lighting) subject to 23/505810/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/500814/SUB
  3. 2025
    19 Feb

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 9 - hard and soft landscaping, Subject to 23/505810/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/500703/SUB
  4. 2024
    19 Nov

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 4- (Construction Management Plan) subject to 23/505810/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/504806/SUB
  5. 2024
    25 Sep

    Submission of details to discharge condition 6 (external lighting) Subject to 23/505810/FULL

    RefusedDischarge of conditions24/504035/SUB
  6. 2024
    20 Aug

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 13 (Contamination) Subject to 23/505810/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/503508/SUB

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