Units D & E LOC8 Business Park Ashford Road Hollingbourne Kent ME17 1WR Data via plota.co.uk

26/501574/FULL - Full Awaiting decision

Proposal

Full application for a commercial building (Use Classes E(g)(iii), B2 or B8) with ancillary office areas, landscaping, cycle store, plant enclosures, vehicle parking and servicing areas. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
21 May 2026
Consultation
10 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 20 Aug 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 15 Sept 2026; it is now day 117. The consultation period closed on 1 Jul 2026.

Documents 41

Statements & assessments 22

PDF KCC Ecology Consultee Comment · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF KCC Highways and Transportation Consultee Comment · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF KCC Flood and Water Management Consultee Comment · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Net Gain Metric Biodiversity Survey/Report · 12 May 2026 View ↗ PDF FRA and Drainage Strategy Plot E Flood Risk Assessment · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix A - Site Layout Flood Risk Assessment · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix B - Patrick Parsons FRA Flood Risk Assessment · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix C - Topographical Survey Flood Risk Assessment · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix D - Public Sewer Records & Existing Drainage Information Flood Risk Assessment · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix E - Drainage Strategy Flood Risk Assessment · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix F - Hydraulic Calculations Flood Risk Assessment · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Appendix G - Drainage Inspection & Maintenance Schedule Flood Risk Assessment · 28 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Survey Tree Survey · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Phase 3 Noise Assessment Acoustic Report · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Air Quality Assessment Air Quality Assessment · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Transport Assessment Transport Assessment · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Ecological Impact Assessment Plot E Biodiversity Survey/Report · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BNG Feasibility Assessment Plot E Biodiversity Survey/Report · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Protection Plan Tree Survey · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural Report Arboricultural Report · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Planning Statement · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Heritage Statement Heritage Statement · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: Woodcut Farmhouse
List entry 1045814 · 0 m from the pin
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 ↗
Public restricted byway 17 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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.
Also on the record
National landscape 353 m away: Kent Downs.
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
ME17 1XH
Received
21 May 2026
Validated
21 May 2026
Ward
Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
Parish
Hollingbourne
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Savills

Decision outlook

Day 117, past the statutory target. 92% of commercial and major works in Maidstone are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 14 Sept 2026.

Day 11761 days past the 56-day target
73%decided within 8 weeks
77%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-14600756
Comments by
1 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
10 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
20 Aug 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