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Museum Of Kent Life Lock Lane Sandling Kent ME14 3AU

25/500255/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 20 June 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Temporary permission (3 years) for the siting of a marquee and washroom facilities on the Kent Life Heritage Farm Park along with the creation of permeable hardstanding (part retrospective).

Received
23 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boxley Downs
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.30 Jun
  4. Target20 Jun
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 148 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Museum Of Kent Life Lock Lane Sandling Kent ME14 3AU. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 13 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. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Boxley Downs. We hold 1,560 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 3AU
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Boxley

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2025
Consultation expiry
27 February 2025
Last date for comments
30 June 2025
Target decision date
20 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
23 Vine Street Brighton BN1 4AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
148 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 February 2025
Site notice end
27 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13650270
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Lock CottageOn or next to this site
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

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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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