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Pigeon Farm Cottage Cold Harbour Lane Bobbing Kent ME9 8NN

25/502501/FULLFullAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Temporary change of use of residential garden land to store plant machinery and equipment (Use Class B8) for three years (retrospective) with associated landscaping and boundary treatments.

Received
20 June 2025
Decision due
13 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bobbing, Iwade And Lower Halstow
  1. Received20 Jun
  2. Validated20 Jun
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 17 November.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (23)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Pigeon Farm Cottage Cold Harbour Lane Bobbing Kent ME9 8NN. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 June 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Bobbing, Iwade And Lower Halstow. 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 8NN
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bobbing

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 June 2025
Consultation expiry
7 August 2025
Last date for comments
17 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr John Collins Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
297 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 July 2025
Advertisement expiry
24 July 2025
Site notice start
17 July 2025
Site notice end
7 August 2025

Appeal history

6010408
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 25 September 2026Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13987564
Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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© 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.

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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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