Friningham Farm Friningham Detling Kent ME14 3JD
Approved on 28 October 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of agricultural buildings to Use Class B2 (general industrial), B8 (storage or distribution) and F1 (learning and non-residential institutions) along with the addition of an area of hardstanding and improvements to the highway access with the A249 (part retrospective).
- Received
- 25 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Boxley Downs
- ReceivedReceived25 Jun
- ValidatedValidated25 Jun
- Consult.Consultation8 Oct
- TargetTarget Date28 Oct
- DecidedDecided28 Oct
Decided in 125 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Friningham Farm Friningham Detling Kent ME14 3JD. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 10 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications 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 3JD
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Thurnham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 19 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 8 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mrs Emma Gregson 8 The Orpines Wateringbury ME18 5BP United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 125 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 July 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 31 July 2025
- Site notice start
- 29 July 2025
- Site notice end
- 19 August 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14053157
- Documents
- 35
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
- 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20245 Sep
Retrospective application for the change of use of agricultural buildings to Use Class B2 (general…
RefusedFull24/503212/FULL - 20171 Feb
Change of use and conversion of former agricultural store building to provide 1 x unit of holiday…
ApprovedFull17/500322/FULL - 201723 Jan
EIA Screening Opinion - Change of use and conversion of former agricultural store building to provide 1 x…
ApprovedEIA Screening Opinion17/500465/ENVSCR
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