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Grove End Farm Bredgar Road Tunstall Kent ME9 8DY

25/505257/AGRICAgricultural/Forestry NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 14 January 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior notification for the erection of a new agricultural building for the storage of general agricultural machinery and tractor storage, along with straw and surplus grain storage. For its prior approval to: Siting, design and external appearance.

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Downs
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target20 Jan
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Grove End Farm Bredgar Road Tunstall Kent ME9 8DY. Mid Kent has handled 180 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 5 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across West Downs. We hold 1,173 applications in total for the ME9 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
ME9 8DY
Application type
Agricultural/Forestry Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tunstall

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Last date for comments
29 January 2026
Target decision date
20 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Klaire Lander Grainey Farm Cottage Lower Hartlip Road Hartlip Sittingbourne ME9 7ST

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14571505
Documents
8

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 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    23 Dec

    Prior notification for the erection of a new agricultural building for the storage of general agricultural…

    This applicationApprovedOther25/505257/AGRIC
  2. 2025
    23 Dec

    Prior notification for the erection of a new agricultural building for the storage of fertiliser, equipment…

    ApprovedAgricultural/Forestry NotificationFiled alongside25/505259/AGRIC

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