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2 The Lambing Shed Blue House Farm Battle Lane Marden Kent TN12 9AN

23/505406/PNQCLAPrior Notification Class QRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 25 January 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of agricultural building to 1no. dwelling with associated operational 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
30 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marden And Yalding
  1. Received30 Nov
  2. Validated30 Nov
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target25 Jan
  5. Decided25 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 2 The Lambing Shed Blue House Farm Battle Lane Marden Kent TN12 9AN. 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. In the past year there have been 138 applications across Marden And Yalding. We hold 1,127 applications in total for the TN12 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
TN12 9AN
Application type
Prior Notification Class Q
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Marden

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 November 2023
Consultation expiry
24 January 2023
Last date for comments
24 December 2023
Target decision date
25 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Guy Osborne Chegworth Manor Barn Chegworth Road Harrietsham Maidstone ME17 1DD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 January 2023
Site notice end
24 January 2023

Appeal history

3344503
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 18 December 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12629818
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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