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Land To The South Side Of Old House Lane Hartlip Kent ME9 7SP

26/500282/ENVSCREIA Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 February 2026

Council decision: Environmental Impact Assessment Not Req.Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion - Installation and operation of a ground mounted solar farm with an export capacity of circa 18.9MW, including landscaping, associated infrastructure, and the provision of access and operational access tracks.

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land To The South Side Of Old House Lane Hartlip Kent ME9 7SP. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 5 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch. We hold 1,169 applications in total for the ME9 postcode area.

83% of outline 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 7SP
Application type
EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hartlip

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Last date for comments
11 February 2026
Target decision date
12 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Leah Watton

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
38

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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