The Retreat Elverland Lane Ospringe Kent ME13 0SP
Refused on 14 November 2023
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
(Retrospective) - Temporary Change of use of the land for the stationing of two static mobiles and two touring caravans for Gypsy/Traveller occupation for a single family for a period of 3 years. Creation of access track and associated hard and soft landscaping.
- Received
- 19 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- East Downs
- ReceivedReceived19 Sep
- ValidatedValidated19 Sep
- Consult.Consultation24 Oct
- TargetTarget Date14 Nov
- DecidedDecided14 Nov
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Retreat Elverland Lane Ospringe Kent ME13 0SP. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across East Downs. We hold 1,018 applications in total for the ME13 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
- ME13 0SP
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ospringe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 24 October 2023
- Last date for comments
- 24 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 14 November 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mr Simon McKay Unit 4, The Old Granary Strettit Farm Snoll Hatch Road East Peckham TN12 5EE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 3 October 2023
- Site notice end
- 24 October 2023
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 23/500180/REF
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Allowed and or Notice Quashed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12448091
- Documents
- 29
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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, 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.
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Source: Mid Kent
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