Golden Oaks Pye Corner Ulcombe Kent ME17 1ED Data via plota.co.uk

25/504759/FULL - Full Deferred at committee

Deferred at planning committee on 18 June 2026. No decision has been made yet.

Proposal

Change of use of land to allow siting of 6no. mobile homes for gypsy/traveller occupation with hard and soft landscaping and parking for 6no. touring caravans and 12no. cars. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 20 Nov 2025
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Committee
18 Jun 2026
Decision
Not decided yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 30 Oct 2026; it is now day 344.

Planning committee

Deferred by Maidstone Planning Committee on 18 Jun 2026.

Deferred

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • An objector, a representative of the parish council and the applicant addressed the committee.
  • Members deferred the application for a fuller landscape assessment, to investigate two raised reservoirs on the fruit farm and a possible reduction in mobile homes, and to check amenity provisions.
  • Members voted 8 to 5 with no abstentions to defer the application.

Source: Plota analysis of Maidstone's committee minutes, Maidstone Planning Committee minutes, 18 June 2026 .

Documents 70

Consultation & comments 52

PDF Neighbour Comments Neighbour Comments · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Neighbour Comments Neighbour Comments · 6 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Response Letter Correspondence · 7 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Neighbour Comment Neighbour Comments · 2 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF . Ulcombe Parish Council Consultee Comment · 2 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 31 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF . Ulcombe Parish Council Consultee Comment · 31 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 30 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 28 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 20 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 19 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Neighbour Comment Neighbour Comments · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Neighbour Comment Neighbour Comments · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 9 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Upper Medway IDB Consultee Comment · 8 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 8 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 7 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF KCC Public Rights of Way Consultee Comment · 4 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 3 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Public footpath 19 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). 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 Expansion Zone
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 17 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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Important details

Council
Maidstone
Application type
Full
Postcode
ME17 1ED
Received
around 20 Nov 2025
Validated
20 Nov 2025
Ward
Headcorn And Sutton Valence
Parish
Ulcombe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Graham Simpkin Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 344, past the statutory target. 90% of full applications 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 24 Oct 2026.

Day 344288 days past the 56-day target
67%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
784decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14494535
Planning Portal ref
PP-14494535
Committee
18 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
15 Jan 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

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