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Highview Farm Lordswood Lane Chatham Kent ME5 8JP

24/500096/ADJAdjoining Authority ConsultationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Adjacent application - Medway Council and Swale Borough Council : Construction of a detached 5x bedroom dwelling with associated parking

Received
5 January 2024
Decision due
26 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Outside All Boroughs
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jan
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Highview Farm Lordswood Lane Chatham Kent ME5 8JP. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 January 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Outside All Boroughs. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 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
ME5 8JP
Application type
Adjoining Authority Consultation
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Outside All Boroughs

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2024

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 Order: Ref 1/1972Part of the site
  • Ancient woodland: Frith/Impton WoodsPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, National Landscapes, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

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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