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Cobham Manor Riding Centre Water Lane Thurnham Kent ME14 3LU

24/505137/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 13 March 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Demolition of existing livery yard and construction of 7(no) dwellings with associated car barns/garages, private stables, car barn for Cobham Manor Hall, landscaping, access and associated works.

Received
11 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boxley Downs
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Cobham Manor Riding Centre Water Lane Thurnham Kent ME14 3LU. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 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 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 3LU
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2024
Consultation expiry
6 March 2025
Last date for comments
6 March 2025
Target decision date
12 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Alex Payne Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Case officer
Kathryn Altieri
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
6 March 2025
Site notice start
20 December 2024
Site notice end
10 January 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13564475
Documents
113

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 19/1984Part of the site · +1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodlandNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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