High Hopes Poot Lane Upchurch Kent ME9 7HL

26/502450/LDCEXLawful Development Cert. (Existing)Awaiting decision

Lawful development certificate

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Lawful Development (existing) for use of the land and buildings for the storage of materials in connection with the running of a carpentry business

Received: 25 June 2026
Decision due: 20 August 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch

ReceivedReceived25 Jun
ValidatedValidated25 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Aug
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at High Hopes Poot Lane Upchurch Kent ME9 7HL. Mid Kent has handled 419 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 25 June 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 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 7HL
Application type: Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Upchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO Mr Iain Warner 32 High Street West Malling Kent ME19 6QR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14921190
Documents: 9

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Scheduled monument: World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS3) at Wetham Green, 460m north of Red Brick C…
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, 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.

Source: Mid Kent

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