Myrtle House Headcorn Road Grafty Green Kent ME17 2AR Data via plota.co.uk

26/503215/FULL - Full Awaiting decision
AgriculturalDemolition

Proposal

Demolition of existing outbuilding and stables, provision of 3no. parking spaces. Erection of agricultural barn with associated yard and landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
21 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 16 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 69.

Documents 3

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Planning Statement Planning Statement · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF CIL Form 1 Section 106 / CIL Document · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

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 Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
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, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £940,000 in October 2024. Detached house, freehold.

23 October 2024£940,000

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

Building

Floor area177 m² (1,905 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (54 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 10 habitable rooms
Built1900 to 1929
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Maidstone
Application type
Full
Postcode
ME17 2AR
Received
21 Aug 2026
Validated
21 Aug 2026
Ward
Headcorn And Sutton Valence
Parish
Boughton Malherbe
Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Kent Design Studio Limited

Decision outlook

Day 69, past the statutory target. 88% of agricultural works in Maidstone are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 20 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

Day 6913 days past the 56-day target
78%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
55decided in the last year

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-15172471
Planning Portal ref
PP-15172471
Statutory expiry
16 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

3 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Lawful development certificate for proposed single storey side extension with 1no. roofli…
25/503849/LAWPRO
2025 Approved
Lawful development certificate for proposed single storey side extension with 1no. roofli…
25/503849/LAWPRO
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Pig And Whistle Headcorn Road Grafty Green Maidstone Kent ME17 2AS
Demolition of existing stables and erection of a single storey building to form annex acc…
22/503594/FULL
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.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.