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26/502593/PNQCLA - Prior Notification Class Q Approved
AgriculturalChange of useNew homes

Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from agricultural to dwellinghouse 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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Application progress

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Received
7 Jul 2026
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Approved
1 Sept 2026

Approved on 1 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Sept 2026

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Prior Approval Granted Decision · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Delegated Report MBC Delegated Report · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF KCC Highways and Transportation Consultee Comment · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Phase 1 Contamination Report Land Contamination Assessment · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood Risk and Drainage Assessment Flood Risk Assessment · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Structural Survey Structural Survey · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF CIL Form 1 Section 106 / CIL Document · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF CIL Form 2 Section 106 / CIL Document · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF Environment Agency Consultee Comment · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Online Comment Neighbour Comments · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Not affected
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
Prior Notification Class Q
Postcode
TN12 9RR
Received
7 Jul 2026
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Ward
Marden And Yalding
Parish
Collier Street
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Sept 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Granted
Decision date
1 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
DHA

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 73% of agricultural works here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
73%approved
43decided 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-14852995
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
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Proposed replacement of existing metal windows with aluminium heritage frame windows
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2024 Refused
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24/500115/FULL
2024 Refused
Moat Farm Oast Collier Street Tonbridge Kent TN12 9RR
Conversion of existing outbuilding together with new build extensions to provide single s…
24/500115/FULL
2023 Approved
Moat Barn Collier Street Tonbridge Kent TN12 9RR
Installation of an outdoor swimming pool in rear garden.
23/501400/FULL
2020 Refused
2 Moat Farm Oast Collier Street Tonbridge Kent TN12 9RR
Demolition of former slaughterhouse and stables and erection of a dwelling.
20/502353/FULL
2020 Approved
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Erection of a new garage/studio.
20/502520/FULL
2020 Approved
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Erection of a two storey rear extension with a porch.
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2019 Approved
Moat Farm Bungalow Collier Street Tonbridge Kent TN12 9RR
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2019 Approved
Moat Farm Bungalow Collier Street Tonbridge Kent TN12 9RR
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2019 Approved
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2019 Approved
Moat Farm Bungalow Collier Street Tonbridge Kent TN12 9RR
Non Material Amendment to planning application 18/500755/FULL and appeal decision (APP/U2…
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2018 Approved
1 Moat Farm Oast Collier Street Tonbridge Kent TN12 9RR
Erection of detached timber garage.
18/503962/FULL
2018 Approved
1 Moat Farm Oast Collier Street Tonbridge Kent TN12 9RR
Erection of detached timber garage.
18/503962/FULL
2018 Refused
Moat Farm Bungalow Collier Street Tonbridge TN12 9RR
Replacement dwelling
18/500755/FULL
2018 Refused
Moat Farm Bungalow Collier Street Tonbridge TN12 9RR
Replacement dwelling
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2017 Withdrawn
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Replacement dwelling
17/505087/FULL
2016 Approved
1 & 2 Moat Farm Oast Collier Street Tonbridge Kent TN12 9RR
Submission of details pursuant to conditions 2 (replacement cowls), 3(external joinery de…
16/508127/SUB
2016 Approved
2 Moat Farm Cottages Collier Street Tonbridge Kent TN12 9RR
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2016 Approved
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings