Land West Of Benover Road Yalding Kent ME18 6AS
Refused on 14 April 2026
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Use of land for the stationing of a 1no. static caravan for residential purposes, construction of utility building and stable building, parking for 2no. cars and 1no. touring caravan, and associated landscape works.
- Received
- 30 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Marden And Yalding
- ReceivedReceived30 Jan
- ValidatedValidated30 Jan
- Consult.Consultation27 Mar
- TargetTarget Date14 Apr
- DecidedDecided14 Apr
Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land West Of Benover Road Yalding Kent ME18 6AS. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across Marden And Yalding. We hold 198 applications in total for the ME18 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
- ME18 6AS
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Yalding
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 25 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 14 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mr Ben Kirk Suite 114 26 The Hornet 26 The Hornet Chichester West Sussex PO19 7BB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 74 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 December 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 December 2025
- Site notice start
- 25 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 16 December 2025
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 26/500043/REF
- Appeal status
- Awaiting decision
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14474034
- Documents
- 56
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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Source: Mid Kent
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