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Willow Farm Lughorse Lane Yalding Kent ME18 6EB

26/502036/FULLFullAwaiting decision

Proposal

Retrospective change of use of land for a mixed use as agricultural and an educational care farm enterprise, including the permanent retention of existing timber skidded classroom/rest and indoor activity building, skidded timber animal shelter and polytunnel, together with the erection of an additional classroom building, and installation sewage package treatment plant (permanent renewal of planning permission 22/505714/FULL).

Received
17 June 2026
Decision due
12 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marden And Yalding
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Willow Farm Lughorse Lane Yalding Kent ME18 6EB. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across Marden And Yalding. We hold 199 applications in total for the ME18 postcode area.

85% of full 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
ME18 6EB
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Yalding

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2026
Last date for comments
10 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mrs Morwenna McKay The Old Granary Strettit Farm Snoll Hatch Road East Peckham TN12 5EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14760079
Documents
12

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. 2026
    5 Oct

    Submission of details pursuant to Condition 6 - site development scheme; Condition 7 - ecological…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/503807/SUB
  2. 2026
    17 Jun

    Retrospective change of use of land for a mixed use as agricultural and an educational care farm enterprise…

    This applicationPendingFull26/502036/FULL

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