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Burford Farm Redwall Lane Linton Kent ME17 4BD

26/500287/PNQCLAPrior Notification Class QRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 23 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of existing agricultural buildings (The Hay Barn), land within its curtilage, as shown on the accompanying plan, into five residential dwellings and associated operation development. For its prior approval to: Transport and Highways impacts of the development. Noise impacts of the development. Contamination risks on the site. Flooding risks on the site. Whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the use of the building to change from agricultural use to C3 (dwellinghouses). Design and external appearance impact on the building. Provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses.

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Loose And Linton
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Burford Farm Redwall Lane Linton Kent ME17 4BD. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Loose And Linton. We hold 1,311 applications in total for the ME17 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
ME17 4BD
Application type
Prior Notification Class Q
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Linton

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Consultation expiry
11 March 2026
Last date for comments
11 March 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Matthew Woodhams The Ridge Golf Course Chartway Street Maidstone ME17 3JB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 February 2026
Site notice end
11 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14647965
Documents
19

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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