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The Quarry Bedmonton Wormshill Kent ME9 0TS

26/502095/LDCEXLawful Development Cert. (Existing)Awaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of the land for the storage of materials and associated plant and equipment. Storage takes place on the existing hardstanding and within the two small existing store buildings on the site.

Received
2 June 2026
Decision due
28 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Quarry Bedmonton Wormshill Kent ME9 0TS. Mid Kent has handled 419 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 postcode area.

83% of amendment 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 0TS
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wormshill

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14976410
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 6/1980Protected tree on or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodland: Place DanePart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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