Plot 2B The Meadows Lenham Road Headcorn Kent TN27 9LG Data via plota.co.uk

26/500319/FULL - Full Approved

Proposal

Change of use of the land for the stationing of one static caravan and one touring caravan, erection of amenity building and hard and soft landscaping (Retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Jan 2026
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Consultation
12 Feb 2026
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Approved
25 Mar 2026

Approved on 25 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 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
TN27 9LG
Received
28 Jan 2026
Validated
28 Jan 2026
Ward
Headcorn And Sutton Valence
Parish
Headcorn
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Mar 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
25 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Perfect Pitch Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 82% of changes of use here are.

63%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
91decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-13760452
Planning Portal ref
PP-13760452
Comments by
5 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
12 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
25 Mar 2026
Env. assessment
No
Maidstone
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#58 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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