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Court Farm Yelsted Lane Sittingbourne Kent ME9 7UT

25/500580/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 29 April 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of barn into residential dwelling. Installation of rooflights. Demolition of existing stables. Erection of closeboarded fence and access gate.

Received
17 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boxley Downs
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Court Farm Yelsted Lane Sittingbourne Kent ME9 7UT. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Boxley Downs. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 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
ME9 7UT
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Stockbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2025
Consultation expiry
17 April 2025
Last date for comments
17 April 2025
Target decision date
2 May 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
20 March 2025
Site notice start
27 March 2025
Site notice end
17 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13768263
Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Yelsted Court FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    28 Apr

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 4 (archaeology) subject to application 25/504795/LBC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/501626/SUB
  2. 2025
    26 Nov

    Listed Building Consent for the conversion of barn to residential dwelling, installation of rooflights and…

    ApprovedListed building consent25/504795/LBC
  3. 2025
    24 Apr

    Listed building consent to convert a barn to residential dwelling. Installation of rooflights.

    RefusedListed building consent25/501633/LBC
  4. 2021
    4 Nov

    Conversion of detached dwelling into 2no. semi-detached dwellings (revised scheme to 20/502289/FULL

    ApprovedFull21/505701/FULL
  5. 2020
    16 Jun

    Conversion of detached dwelling into 2no. semi detached dwellings.

    ApprovedFull20/502289/FULL
  6. 2013
    7 Oct

    An application for discharge of conditions relating to MA/13/0074

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions13/1537

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