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Barn At Knowle Game Farm Knowle Hill Ulcombe Kent ME17 1ES

23/502784/PNQCLAPrior Notification Class QApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 August 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of barn to 1no. dwelling and associated operation development. For its prior approval to: - Transport and Highways impacts of the development. - Noise impacts of the development. - Contamination risks on the site. - Flooding risks on the site. - Whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the use of the building to change from agricultural use to C3 (dwellinghouses). - Design and external appearance impacts on the building. - Provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses.

Received
14 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Headcorn
  1. Received14 Jun
  2. Validated14 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target9 Aug
  5. Decided9 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn At Knowle Game Farm Knowle Hill Ulcombe Kent ME17 1ES. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 postcode area.

83% of outline 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
ME17 1ES
Application type
Prior Notification Class Q
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ulcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 June 2023
Consultation expiry
25 July 2023
Last date for comments
25 July 2023
Target decision date
9 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Michael Raby Bloomfields 77 Commercial Road Paddock Wood Tonbridge TN12 6DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 July 2023
Site notice end
25 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12226524
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Source: Mid Kent

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