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Land Off Matts Hill Hartlip Kent

23/505098/ADJAdjoining Authority ConsultationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Adjacent Authority Application from Medway to Maidstone Borough Council: Town and Country Planning Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) request for a screening opinion for construction of a PV Array and ancillary development including fencing, electrical equipment, vehicular access, CCTV equipment, landscaping and associated engineering works. Land Off Matts Hill Road, To The South Of The M2 Medway Services (West Bound)

Received
7 November 2023
Decision due
28 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Outside All Boroughs
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Land Off Matts Hill Hartlip Kent. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 November 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Outside All Boroughs.

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

Application type
Adjoining Authority Consultation
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Outside All Boroughs

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +2 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site · +1 more
  • 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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© 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.

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  2. 2023
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    Adjacent Authority Application from Medway to Maidstone Borough Council: Town and Country Planning Act…

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