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Land North Of Forge Lane Upchurch Kent ME9 7AE

26/500852/OUTOutline ApplicationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline Planning application (with all matters reserved except access) for formation of a new vehicular access from Forge Lane and the erection of up to 101no. dwellings, including affordable housing, car parking, public open space, landscape planting, surface water drainage facilities, pumping station, highway improvements and ancillary development.

Received
23 March 2026
Decision due
22 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 30 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (85)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land North Of Forge Lane Upchurch Kent ME9 7AE. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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 1,168 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 7AE
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
101
Parish
Upchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2026
Consultation expiry
30 April 2026
Last date for comments
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Miss Emily Comber 23 Heddon Street London W1B 4BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
30 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14258366
Documents
85

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Heritage at Risk Register: UpchurchPart of the site
  • 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, 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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