Yelsted Farm Yelsted Road Yelsted Kent ME9 7UT

25/503181/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 30 October 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Retrospective planning application for the erection of a replacement day room to provide accommodation on an existing Gypsy and traveller site.

Received: 4 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Boxley Downs

ReceivedReceived4 Sep
ValidatedValidated4 Sep
Consult.Consultation13 Oct
TargetTarget Date30 Oct
DecidedDecided30 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Yelsted Farm Yelsted Road Yelsted Kent ME9 7UT. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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: Small
Parish: Stockbury

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 September 2025
Consultation expiry: 13 October 2025
Last date for comments: 13 October 2025
Target decision date: 30 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO: Mr Ray Deans Amp House Dingwall Road Croydon CR0 2LX

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 22 September 2025
Site notice end: 13 October 2025

Appeal history

3376111

Allowed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 20 February 2026Dev Type: Minor traveller and caravan pitchesReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14213051
Documents: 14

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Associated applications

2026
2 Jun
Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 -(Site Development Scheme) Subject to 25/503181/FULL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/501978/SUB
2025
4 Sep
Retrospective planning application for the erection of a replacement day room to provide accommodation on an…
This applicationRefusedFull25/503181/FULL

Source: Mid Kent

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