Whiteways Farm Hermitage Lane Boughton Monchelsea Kent ME17 4DA
Approved on 28 January 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use of land as garden land and use of outbuilding as ancillary domestic storage (Class C3).
- Received
- 7 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Boughton Monchelsea And Chart Sutton
- ReceivedReceived7 Nov
- ValidatedValidated7 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date28 Jan
- DecidedDecided28 Jan
Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Whiteways Farm Hermitage Lane Boughton Monchelsea Kent ME17 4DA. Mid Kent has handled 419 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Boughton Monchelsea And Chart Sutton. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 postcode area.
83% of amendment 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 4DA
- Application type
- Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Boughton Monchelsea
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 January 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 82 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202628 Sep
Erection of a car port and change of use of land to residential curtilage.
PendingApplication26/503168/FULL - 20262 Sep
Submission of details pursuant to condition 14-(Contamination), 15-(closure report) subject to 26/501548/FULL
PendingDischarge of conditions26/503359/SUB - 202628 Aug
Submission of details pursuant to condition 9-(foul sewage and surface water disposal measures) subject to…
PendingDischarge of conditions26/503316/SUB - 202627 Apr
Erection of a self- build chalet bungalow to replace the exising residential outbuilding on same footprint.
PendingFull26/501548/FULL
Source: Mid Kent
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