Newnham Court Inn Newnham Court Farm Bearsted Road Weavering Kent ME14 5LH Data via plota.co.uk

26/501805/FULL - Full Approved

Proposal

Installation of 12no. electric vehicle charging bays and associated substation, power unit/rectifier and feeder pillar. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 May 2026
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Consultation
28 May 2026
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Approved
13 Jul 2026

Approved on 13 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: Newnham Court Farm
List entry 1086231 · 11 m away
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Tree preservation order: 1/2010
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
Local nature reserve 175 m away: Vinters Valley Park
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National landscape 416 m away: Kent Downs; Inside the Maidstone built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Full
Postcode
ME14 5LH
Received
18 May 2026
Validated
18 May 2026
Ward
Grove Green And Vinters Park
Parish
Boxley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Jul 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
13 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
London JMS Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

67%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
448decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14911392
Comments by
18 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
28 May 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Maidstone
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#58 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Maidstone decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #225 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #175 of 296
81%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #34 of 296
30%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #55 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
136 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
44 decided
1,110
Total decisions
181 refused in the year to March 2026

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