Park House Farm Lenham Road Headcorn Kent TN27 9LJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/504084/PNQCLA - Prior Notification Class Q Awaiting decision
AgriculturalChange of useNew homes

Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from agricultural to 1no. residential dwellinghouses and associated operational 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

✓
Received
around 26 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 21 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 21 Dec 2026, from Maidstone's recent agricultural works.

Documents 1

Other documents 1

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Site constraints 3

Public footpath 11 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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 28 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

Floor area248 m² (2,669 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (53 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyDetached house, 8 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2023, 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
Prior Notification Class Q
Postcode
TN27 9LJ
Received
around 26 Oct 2026
Validated
26 Oct 2026
Ward
Headcorn And Sutton Valence
Parish
Boughton Malherbe
Target decision
21 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
BMAC STUDIO Architecture

Decision outlook

Day 4 of the 56-day target. Maidstone usually decides agricultural works by day 56.

Day 452 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-15315669
Planning Portal ref
PP-15315669
Statutory expiry
21 Dec 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

8 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2016 Withdrawn
Conversion of the existing building to the south of the site to provide a residential dwe…
16/507106/FULL
2016 Withdrawn
Conversion of the existing building to the south of the site to provide two residential d…
16/502221/FULL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
Park House Farm Lenham Road Headcorn Ashford Kent TN27 9LJ
Prior notification for the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage…
24/503766/PNQCLA
2024 Refused
Park House Farm Lenham Road Headcorn Ashford Kent TN27 9LJ
Prior notification for the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage…
24/502747/PNQCLA
2024 Refused
Park House Farm Lenham Road Headcorn Ashford Kent TN27 9LJ
Prior notification for the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage…
24/502747/PNQCLA
2022 Approved
Misty Meadow Lenham Road Headcorn Kent TN27 9LJ
Non-material amendment application in relation to planning permission 21/502575/FULL: Rem…
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2021 Approved
Misty Meadow Lenham Road Headcorn Kent TN27 9LJ
Erection of a single storey flat roofed extension to front of property.
21/502575/FULL
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

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.