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25/504318/LAWPRO - Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed) Approved

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for proposed siting of a caravan for use as additional accommodation to the main dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 20 Oct 2025
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Approved
15 Dec 2025

Approved on 15 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Documents 20

Decision & officer reports 15

PDF LDC Red Line Plan - 1:2500 Decision · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF LDC Red Line Plan - 1:1250 Decision · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Approved Lawful Proposed Decision · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Delegated Report MBC Delegated Report · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice for 18/502043/LAWPRO Decision · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Appeal Decision for 21/00987/CPU Appeal Decision · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Appeal Decision for APP/15/01398/K Appeal Decision · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Appeal Decision for ENF/01/254 P2337 Appeal Decision · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Appeal Decision Appeal Decision · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Appeal Decision for 3/11/0954/CL Appeal Decision · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Appeal Decision for 20120792 Appeal Decision · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Appeal Decision for 2009/0320/LDP Appeal Decision · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Appeal Decision for 2012/1887 Appeal Decision · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Appeal Decision for LPD/MAL/16/00236 Appeal Decision · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Appeal Decision for 170191 Appeal Decision · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF CIL Form 1 Section 106 / CIL Document · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF Online Comment(FULL) Parish Comments · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Hollingbourne Parish Council Parish Comments · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 1 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Kent Downs National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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.
4 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Donkey Wheel About 70 Metres North West of Hollingbourne House, Grade II, 50 m away · 4 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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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Also on the record
SSSI 220 m away: Hollingbourne Downs SSSI; Radon affected area, class 3.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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 £625,000 in March 2016. Detached house, freehold.

18 March 2016£625,000

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

Building

Floor area155 m² (1,668 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (49 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 7 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2015, 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
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Postcode
ME17 1QJ
Received
around 20 Oct 2025
Validated
20 Oct 2025
Ward
Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
Parish
Hollingbourne
Case officer
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Target decision
15 Dec 2025
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
15 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Rebecca Lord Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 74% of lawful development certificates here are.

78%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
158decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14417734
Planning Portal ref
PP-14417734
Statutory expiry
15 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
Hollingbourne Farm Hollingbourne Hill Hollingbourne Kent ME17 1QJ
Erection of a general purpose agricultural storage and workshop building.
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2023 Approved
Hollingbourne Farm Hollingbourne Hill Hollingbourne Kent ME17 1QJ
Submission of details to discharge conditions 6 - landscape Scheme, 8 - External Lighting…
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2023 Withdrawn
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Erection of a detached bungalow with associated access and parking.
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2020 Approved
Courtyard Studios Hollingbourne House Hollingbourne Hill Hollingbourne Maidstone Kent ME17 1QJ
Demolition of existing derelict and unstable (north-east facing) garden wall, reconstruct…
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2020 Approved
Courtyard Studios Hollingbourne House Hollingbourne Hill Hollingbourne Maidstone Kent ME17 1QJ
Demolition of the rear section of the building and erection of replacement structure, and…
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2022 Approved
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2021 Approved
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Erection of single storey rear extension with 2no. rooflights.
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2021 Approved
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2018 Refused
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Conversion and adaptation of existing photography studio into 2no. new residential dwelli…
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2018 Refused
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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.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.