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Land North & West Of Tonge Corner Farm Tonge Corner Road Tonge Kent ME9 9BB

SW/14/0224FullApproved

Approved on 28 August 2015

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Solar farm, comprising the erection of solar arrays of photovoltaic panels, inverter and transformer sheds, fencing, site storage cabin, combined DNO and EPC switchgear housing, internal gravel access road, and associated equipment.

Received
24 February 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Murston
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.29 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 550 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land North & West Of Tonge Corner Farm Tonge Corner Road Tonge Kent ME9 9BB. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 550 days, 71 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Murston. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 postcode area.

85% of full 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 9BB
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Tonge

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2014
Consultation expiry
15 April 2014
Last date for comments
29 October 2014
Application expires
26 May 2014
Permission expires
28 August 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Murray Planning Associates Ltd Office 7 Capron House North Street Midhurst West Sussex GU29 9DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 March 2014
Advertisement expiry
15 April 2014

Additional information

Documents
65
Constraints
8

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
  • SSSI: The Swale SSSIPart of the site
  • Special Protection Area: The SwalePart of the site
  • Ramsar wetland: The SwalePart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, Special Areas of Conservation, 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.

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© 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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Source: Mid Kent

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