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Pear Tree House Otterham Quay Lane Upchurch Kent ME8 8QW

26/500666/PNQCLAPrior Notification Class QAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from agricultural to 2no. dwellinghouses 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 impacts on the building. - Provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses.

Received
23 February 2026
Decision due
20 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 24 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (12)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Pear Tree House Otterham Quay Lane Upchurch Kent ME8 8QW. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch. We hold 802 applications in total for the ME8 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
ME8 8QW
Application type
Prior Notification Class Q
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Upchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
24 March 2026
Last date for comments
24 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Simon McKay Unit 4, The Old Granary Strettit Farm Snoll Hatch Road East Peckham TN12 5EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 March 2026
Site notice end
24 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14721906
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Land at Kent Terrace, Canterbury Lane, UpchurchRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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