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Barn Cross At Hand Farm Chart Hill Road Staplehurst Kent TN12 0RW

26/502185/PNRPrior Notification Class RAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of agricultural building to to a flexible commercial use falling within Class Eg(i). 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.

Received
8 June 2026
Decision due
3 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Staplehurst
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated8 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target3 Aug
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 9 July.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (12)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Barn Cross At Hand Farm Chart Hill Road Staplehurst Kent TN12 0RW. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 8 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 50 applications across Staplehurst. We hold 1,127 applications in total for the TN12 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
TN12 0RW
Application type
Prior Notification Class R
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Staplehurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 June 2026
Consultation expiry
9 July 2026
Last date for comments
9 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr M Potts Appledale Malthouse Hill Loose Kent ME15 0BP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 June 2026
Advertisement expiry
9 July 2026

Additional information

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 3: High 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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