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Land At Former Wood Cottage Nursery Site Maidstone Road Nettlestead Kent ME18 5HJ

26/502713/PIPPermission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 September 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Permission in Principle application for the erection of 6 no dwellings.

Received
29 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Marden And Yalding
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land At Former Wood Cottage Nursery Site Maidstone Road Nettlestead Kent ME18 5HJ. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal due to its scale, density, layout and location extending built development further into the countryside would cause significant visual harm to the character and appearance of this rural location. The proposal represents poor design, introducing a cramped urban cul-de-sac layout into this rural location of sporadic development with a failure to address the B2015 road frontage and failure to meet minimum external amenity space standards. This is contrary to Policies LPRSP9, LPRQD7 and LPRQD4 of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan Review (2024).
  2. The proposal would result in unacceptable harm to the character and openness of designated greenbelt. The proposal is inappropriate development in this location; there are no special circumstances present that justify the development and the benefits from the proposal are outweighed by the negative impacts. The proposal is contrary to Policy LPRSP9 of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan Review (2024) and Policies GB6 and GB7 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2026). MKPS – Working in Partnership with:Maidstone Borough Council Please Note: All planning related correspondence for MBC should be sent to: Mid Kent Planning Support, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone ME15 6JQ Email: planningsupport@midkent.gov.uk

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
ME18 5HJ
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Nettlestead

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2026
Last date for comments
21 August 2026
Target decision date
2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
AVF PLANNING AND DESIGN LTD
Agent address
FAO: Mr S Finnis Ram House 18 Gilda Close Polegate East Sussex BN26 6GB

Planning decision

Case officer
Gautham Jayakumar
Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Maidstone
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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, 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

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© 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.

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