Hillside Pilgrims Way Harrietsham Kent ME17 1BU Data via plota.co.uk

25/504834/LDCEX - Lawful Development Cert. (Existing) Approved

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of a building for the storage of household items and the associated land as residential curtilage, for a period in excess of 10 years. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Oct 2026, 06:42

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Application progress

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Received

around 1 Dec 2025

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Approved

13 Feb 2026

Approved on 13 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 8

Site constraints 4

Kent Downs National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

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 Enhancement Zone 2

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 2 November 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

Floor area173 m² (1,862 sq ft)

Energy ratingD (55 out of 100), could reach C

PropertyDetached house, 7 habitable rooms

Built1930 to 1949

HeatingPortable electric heaters assumed for most rooms

WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2016, 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: Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)
Postcode: ME17 1BU
Received: around 1 Dec 2025
Validated: 1 Dec 2025
Ward: Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
Parish: Harrietsham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 Feb 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 13 Feb 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 74 days from validation, 18 days slower than Maidstone's median of 56 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 74% of lawful development certificates here are.

This one74d

Council56d

UK52d

78%decided within 8 weeks

74%approved

158decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 26 Jan 2026
Env. assessment: No

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

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.