Arnold Hill Farm Building 2 Back Street Leeds Kent ME17 1TF Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Prior notification for the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from agricultural to 2no. dwellinghouses and associated operation development. For its prior approval to: - Transport and Highways impacts of the development. - Noise impacts of the development. - Contamination risks on the site. - Flooding risks on the site. - Whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the use of the building to change from agricultural use to C3 (dwellinghouses). - Design and external appearance impacts on the building. - Provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 22 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Consultation & comments 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 3
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
- Council
- Maidstone
- Application type
- Prior Notification Class Q
- Postcode
- ME17 1TF
- Received
- 27 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 27 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Leeds And Langley
- Parish
- Leeds
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Prior Approval Granted
- Decision date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- On Planning
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 80% of agricultural works here are.
Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14840626
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14840626
- Statutory expiry
- 22 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
19 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Maidstone is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #34 out of 296. Only 30% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).
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