Heinz Orchard Wierton Hill Boughton Monchelsea Kent ME17 4JS Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Conversion of agricultural building to 2no. four bedroom residential dwellings with the insertion of 6no. roof lights, solar PV arrays and the provision of 4no. (2 for each dwelling) parking spaces. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 8 Apr 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Maidstone Planning Committee on 19 Mar 2026.
Approved
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- Members resolved to grant permission subject to the conditions and informative set out in the report.
- Members voted unanimously, 11 to 0 with no abstentions, to grant permission.
Source: Plota analysis of Maidstone's committee minutes, Maidstone Planning Committee minutes, 19 March 2026 .
Documents 22
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 6
Plans & drawings 1
Consultation & comments 4
Other documents 8
Site constraints 6
Checked on 13 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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2022, 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
- ME17 4JS
- Received
- around 18 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 18 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Boughton Monchelsea And Chart Sutton
- Parish
- Boughton Monchelsea
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 10 Apr 2026
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 8 Apr 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Acorus Rural Property Services
How this decision compares
Decided in 233 days from validation, 177 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
- Alt. reference
- PP-14205217
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14205217
- Comments by
- 18 Sept 2025
- Site or press notice
- 28 Aug 2025
- Committee
- 19 Mar 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 13 Oct 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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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