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Former Syngenta Works Hampstead Lane Yalding Kent ME18 6HJ

25/501377/REMApproval of Reserved MattersApproved
Reserved matters

Approved on 30 July 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale sought) for Phase D for the erection of 4no. commercial buildings, comprising 64 units with associated access, parking and landscaping pursuant to 23/502119/OUT.

Received
1 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marden And Yalding
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Former Syngenta Works Hampstead Lane Yalding Kent ME18 6HJ. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across Marden And Yalding. We hold 199 applications in total for the ME18 postcode area.

83% of outline 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 6HJ
Application type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
64
Parish
Yalding

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2025
Consultation expiry
22 May 2025
Last date for comments
22 May 2025
Target decision date
1 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Nick Young 4 Springwood Hall Springwood Park Tonbridge TN11 9LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
122 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 April 2025
Advertisement expiry
8 May 2025
Site notice start
1 May 2025
Site notice end
22 May 2025

Appeal history

3376250
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 February 2026Dev Type: Major general industry/storage/warehousingReason: Appeal Against Conditions

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13863930
Documents
64

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
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 16/506951Register site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    12 Mar

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 6 (noise impact assessment) subject to 25/501377/REM

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/500951/SUB
  2. 2025
    1 Apr

    Approval of reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale sought) for Phase D for the erection…

    This applicationApprovedReserved matters25/501377/REM

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