Orchard Place Heniker Lane Sutton Valence Kent ME17 3EE
Approved on 23 July 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior notification for erection of steel frame portal barn in place of removed existing polytunnels. For its prior approval to: Siting, design and external appearance.
- Received
- 25 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Headcorn And Sutton Valence
- ReceivedReceived25 Jun
- ValidatedValidated25 Jun
- Consult.Consultation21 Jul
- TargetTarget Date23 Jul
- DecidedDecided23 Jul
Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a planning application at Orchard Place Heniker Lane Sutton Valence Kent ME17 3EE. Mid Kent has handled 180 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker 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 140 applications across Headcorn And Sutton Valence. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 postcode area.
87% of all 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
- ME17 3EE
- Application type
- Agricultural/Forestry Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sutton Valence
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 21 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mrs C Ennas Greenmeadow Farm Holtye Road Hammerwood East Grinstead RH19 3QB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14072128
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
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, 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
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Mid Kent
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