Land South Of Lenham Road Headcorn Kent TN27 9LE

25/504461/AGRICAgricultural/Forestry NotificationApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 28 November 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior Notification for an agricultural pole barn. For its prior approval to: Siting, design and external appearance.

Received: 31 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Headcorn And Sutton Valence

ReceivedReceived31 Oct
ValidatedValidated31 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date28 Nov
DecidedDecided28 Nov

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land South Of Lenham Road Headcorn Kent TN27 9LE. 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 are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Headcorn And Sutton Valence. We hold 353 applications in total for the TN27 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: TN27 9LE
Application type: Agricultural/Forestry Notification
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Headcorn

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 October 2025
Target decision date: 28 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO: Mr William Fraser Stanford Bridge Farm Station Road Pluckley Ashford Kent TN27 0RU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14449141
Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 2: Medium 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.

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.

Source: Mid Kent

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