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Wagon Lodge Forsham Farm Forsham Lane Sutton Valence Maidstone Kent ME17 3EW

23/505552/LDCEXLawful Development Cert. (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 15 March 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of a Wagon Lodge as a residential dwelling with associated residential curtilage and access. Re-submission of 23/503740/LDCEX

Received
20 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sutton Valence And Langley
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided15 Mar

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Wagon Lodge Forsham Farm Forsham Lane Sutton Valence Maidstone Kent ME17 3EW. Mid Kent has handled 419 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. 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 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
ME17 3EW
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Sutton Valence

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2023
Target decision date
15 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mrs Danielle Dunn Hillhurst Farm Stone Street Westenhanger Hythe Kent CT21 4HU

Planning decision

Statutory period
86 days

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: ForshamOn this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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