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Matts Hill Farm, Matts Hill Road, Hartlip, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7UY

SW/07/0577Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 21 August 2007

Council decision: Certificate IssuedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for construction of earth bunds to form earth enclosure

Received
16 May 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Not In Plus 6
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Matts Hill Farm,Matts Hill Road,Hartlip,Sittingbourne,Kent,ME9 7UY. Mid Kent has handled 419 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. 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 7UY
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hartlip

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2007
Target decision date
21 August 2007
Application expires
11 July 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Miller Ankas ,The Guard House,Historic Dock Yard,Chatham,Kent,ME4 4TE

Planning decision

Statutory period
97 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • 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, 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, 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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