Nightingale Farm Benover Road Yalding Kent ME18 6EX Data via plota.co.uk

26/503186/FULL - Full Awaiting decision
Commercial & major worksCommercial premises

Proposal

Retention of the existing hardstanding associated with and serving the commercial use of the adjacent buildings (retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 25 Sept 2026 and 19 Oct 2026, from Maidstone's recent commercial and major works. Comments are open until 24 Sept 2026.

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Documents 3

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Planning Statement Planning Statement · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF CIL Form 1 Section 106 / CIL Document · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 6

Grade II* listed: Nightingale Farmhouse
List entry 1060627 · 2 m from the pin · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 Grade II)
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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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.
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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI 441 m away: River Beult SSSI; Inside the Yalding built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 13 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
Full
Postcode
ME18 6EX
Received
24 Aug 2026
Validated
24 Aug 2026
Ward
Marden And Yalding
Parish
Yalding
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Bloomfields Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 21 of the 56-day target. Maidstone usually decides commercial and major works by day 56.

Day 2135 days to the 56-day target
70%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
6%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15167318
Comments by
24 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
3 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved
Congelow Farm Cottage Benover Road Yalding ME18 6ET
Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 3 (Materials) Condition 6 (Biodiversity) and…
20/504789/SUB
2020 Approved
Congelow Farm Cottage Benover Road Yalding Maidstone Kent ME18 6ET
Erection of a stable block including hay store, tack room with office and domestic storag…
19/505809/FULL
2018 Approved
Congelow Farm Cottage Benover Road Yalding Maidstone Kent ME18 6ET
Erection of a menage for private use.
18/502623/FULL
2018 Approved
Congelow Farm Cottage Benover Road Yalding Maidstone Kent ME18 6ET
Erection of a menage for private use.
18/502623/FULL
2017 Approved
Yalding Organic Garden Centre Benover Road Yalding Maidstone Kent ME18 6EX
Retrospective application for the retention of the existing log cabin as a classroom and…
17/504556/FULL
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