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The Orchards North Pole Road Teston Kent ME18 5FB

24/504629/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 30 May 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Proposal

Change of use of an agricultural store to a holiday let.

Received
12 November 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Barming Heath And Teston
  1. Received12 Nov
  2. Validated12 Nov
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target30 May
  5. Decided30 May

Decided in 199 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Orchards North Pole Road Teston Kent ME18 5FB. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 199 days, 20 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Barming Heath And Teston. We hold 198 applications in total for the ME18 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
ME18 5FB
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Teston

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 November 2024
Consultation expiry
20 March 2025
Last date for comments
20 March 2025
Target decision date
30 May 2025
Committee meeting
22 May 2025
Permission expires
29 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Kevin Wise The Old Estate Office Ewell Lane West Farleigh Maidstone ME15 0NG

Planning decision

Statutory period
199 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 February 2025
Site notice end
20 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13532089
Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • SSSI: Oaken Wood SSSI
  • 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, National Landscapes, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    11 Sep

    Change Of Use Of Agricultural Storage Barn Into A Holiday Let Unit

    PendingApplication26/503405/FULL

Source: Mid Kent

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