Witherden Farmhouse Lenham Road Headcorn Kent TN27 9LE Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of equine sand school to a gypsy/traveller site comprising siting of 4(no) static caravans, erection of 1(no) day room/facility block, 8(no) parking spaces, and 4(no) touring caravans (part retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 22 Sept 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 15 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Maidstone Planning Committee on 18 Sept 2025.
Approved
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- Before the item was introduced, officers corrected a condition to refer to four pitches rather than eight.
- A visiting councillor addressed the meeting.
- Members voted 9 to 0, with 3 abstentions, to grant permission subject to the amended conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Maidstone's committee minutes of 18 Sept 2025.
Documents 14
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 2
Consultation & comments 6
Associated applications 2
- Change of use of equine sand school to a gypsy/traveller site comprising siting of 4(no) static caravans, erection of 1(no) day…
Conditions 7 discharged
Site constraints 2
Checked on 15 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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2024, 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
- TN27 9LE
- Received
- around 7 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 7 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Headcorn And Sutton Valence
- Parish
- Headcorn
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Sept 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 22 Sept 2025
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Martin Potts Associates
How this decision compares
Decided in 77 days from validation, 21 days slower than Maidstone's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 8 Aug 2025
- Site or press notice
- 18 Jul 2025
- Committee
- 18 Sept 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 1 Sept 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
6 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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%).
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.
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