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26/503837/PNQCLA - Prior Notification Class Q Awaiting decision

Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from agricultural to 1no. dwellinghouses and associated operation development. For its prior approval to: - Transport and Highways impacts of the development. - Noise impacts of the development. - Contamination risks on the site. - Flooding risks on the site. - Whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the use of the building to change from agricultural use to C3 (dwellinghouses). - Design and external appearance impacts on the building. - Provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 16:15

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Application progress

✓

Received

around 7 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 2 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 2 Dec 2026, from Maidstone's recent agricultural works.

Documents 1

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 2

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 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 2.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 8 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.

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27 Apr 2026Approved

Arnold Hill Farm Building 2 Back Street Leeds Kent ME17 1TF

Prior notification for the change of use of a building and any land within its c...

26/501357/PNQCLA

Important details

Council: Maidstone
Application type: Prior Notification Class Q
Postcode: ME17 1TF
Received: around 7 Oct 2026
Validated: 7 Oct 2026
Ward: Leeds And Langley
Parish: Leeds
Target decision: 2 Dec 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 3 of the 56-day target. Maidstone usually decides agricultural works by day 56.

prediction

Day 353 days to 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-15262603
Planning Portal ref: PP-15262603
Statutory expiry: 2 Dec 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