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Congelow Farm Benover Road Yalding Kent ME18 6ET

26/503434/FULLAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of existing buildings and land at Congelow Farm from a hop pelletising plant with ancillary office, laboratory, workshops and storage to a flexible commercial employment use comprising offices (Use Class E(g)(i)), research and development (Use Class E(g)(ii)), light industrial processes (Use Class E(g)(iii)) and storage and distribution (Use Class B8), including the continued use of existing buildings, hardstanding and associated infrastructure; Demolition of existing storage building and cabin and erection of a replacement building in line with current approval 23/503683

Submitted
30 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 28 October 2026
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Congelow Farm Benover Road Yalding Kent ME18 6ET. Mid Kent has handled 11,834 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 198 applications in total for the ME18 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
ME18 6ET

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
IBBOTSON ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Additional information

Documents
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Congelow CottagesOn or next to this site · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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