Friningham Farm Friningham Detling Kent ME14 3JD
Refused on 5 December 2024
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Retrospective application for the change of use of agricultural buildings to Use Class B2 (general industrial), B8 (storage or distribution) and F1 (learning and non-residential institutions) along with the addition of an area of hardstanding.
- Received
- 5 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Boxley Downs
- ReceivedReceived5 Sep
- ValidatedValidated5 Sep
- Consult.Consultation17 Oct
- TargetTarget Date5 Dec
- DecidedDecided5 Dec
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Friningham Farm Friningham Detling Kent ME14 3JD. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Boxley Downs. We hold 1,563 applications in total for the ME14 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
- ME14 3JD
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Thurnham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 17 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 17 October 2024
- Target decision date
- 5 December 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mrs Isabelle Adaway Romney House Monument Way Orbital Park Ashford Kent TN24 0HB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 September 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 October 2024
- Site notice start
- 11 September 2024
- Site notice end
- 9 October 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13279417
- Documents
- 30
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202525 Jun
Change of use of agricultural buildings to Use Class B2 (general industrial), B8 (storage or distribution)…
ApprovedFull25/502326/FULL - 20171 Feb
Change of use and conversion of former agricultural store building to provide 1 x unit of holiday…
ApprovedFull17/500322/FULL - 201723 Jan
EIA Screening Opinion - Change of use and conversion of former agricultural store building to provide 1 x…
ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion17/500465/ENVSCR
Source: Mid Kent
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