Nightingale Farm Benover Road Yalding Kent ME18 6EX Data via plota.co.uk

26/503186/FULL - Full Awaiting decision
Commercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Retention of the existing hardstanding associated with and serving the commercial use of the adjacent buildings (retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 19 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 30 Oct 2026; it is now day 67.

The consultation period closed on 24 Sept 2026.

Documents 3

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Planning Statement Planning Statement · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF CIL Form 1 Section 106 / CIL Document · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 6

Grade II* listed: Nightingale Farmhouse
List entry 1060627 · The pin is inside its outline · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 Grade II)
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.
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Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
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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
SSSI 441 m away: River Beult SSSI; Inside the Yalding 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
Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £430,000 in April 2006. Detached house, freehold.

28 April 2006£430,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Maidstone
Application type
Full
Postcode
ME18 6EX
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
Marden And Yalding
Parish
Yalding
Case officer
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Target decision
19 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Bloomfields Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 67, past the statutory target. 93% of commercial and major works in Maidstone are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 23 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 6711 days past the 56-day target
72%decided within 8 weeks
79%approved
6%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15167318
Planning Portal ref
PP-15167318
Comments by
24 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
3 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

5 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved
Congelow Farm Cottage Benover Road Yalding ME18 6ET
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2020 Approved
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19/505809/FULL
2018 Approved
Congelow Farm Cottage Benover Road Yalding Maidstone Kent ME18 6ET
Erection of a menage for private use.
18/502623/FULL
2018 Approved
Congelow Farm Cottage Benover Road Yalding Maidstone Kent ME18 6ET
Erection of a menage for private use.
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2017 Approved
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.