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Land Opposite Shepherds Hill Oast Shepherds Hill Selling Kent ME13 9RS

25/503925/AGRICAgricultural/Forestry NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 23 October 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior notification for the erection of a general purpose agricultural building for the storage of machinery, inputs, materials and harvested crops and associated concrete apron and access track. For its prior approval to: - Siting, design and external appearance.

Received
19 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boughton And Courtenay
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land Opposite Shepherds Hill Oast Shepherds Hill Selling Kent ME13 9RS. Mid Kent has handled 180 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Boughton And Courtenay. We hold 1,021 applications in total for the ME13 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
ME13 9RS
Application type
Agricultural/Forestry Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Selling

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2025
Target decision date
23 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mark Henty 201 High Street Lewes East Sussex BN72NR

Planning decision

Statutory period
34 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14290164
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Source: Mid Kent

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