Mill Place Farmhouse Symonds Lane Yalding Kent ME18 6HA Data via plota.co.uk

26/502871/FULL - Full Awaiting decision
New homes

Proposal

Construction of a self-build, energy efficient, chalet style dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 13 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 13 Oct 2026, from Maidstone's recent new homes.

Documents 8

Statements & assessments 6

PDF Flood Risk Assessment Flood Risk Assessment · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural Report Tree Survey · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Heritage Report Heritage Statement · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Protection Plan Tree Survey · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Survey Plan Tree Survey · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Pre-Existing Flood Risk Assessment Flood Risk Assessment · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF CIL Form 1 Section 106 / CIL Document · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted Application Details · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: Mill Place Farm House
List entry 1069013 · The pin is inside its outline · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 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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Agricultural land, grade 2
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 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 40 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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.

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Important details

Council
Maidstone
Application type
Full
Postcode
ME18 6HA
Received
18 Aug 2026
Validated
18 Aug 2026
Ward
Marden And Yalding
Parish
Yalding
Target decision
13 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
NJA Town Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 52 of the 56-day target. Maidstone usually decides new homes by day 56.

Day 524 days to the 56-day target
63%decided within 8 weeks
73%approved
99decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15097081
Planning Portal ref
PP-15097081
Statutory expiry
13 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved
Mill Place Cottage Symonds Lane Yalding Maidstone Kent ME18 6HA
Listed Building Consent for alterations and extension to cart barn to form ancillary livi…
19/501824/LBC
2019 Approved
Mill Place Cottage Symonds Lane Yalding Maidstone Kent ME18 6HA
Listed Building Consent for alterations and extension to cart barn to form ancillary livi…
19/501824/LBC
2016 Approved
Mill Place Cottage Symonds Lane Yalding Kent ME18 6HA
Alterations and extension to Cart Barn to form ancillary living accommodation to Mill Pla…
16/501456/FULL
2016 Approved
Mill Place Cottage Symonds Lane Yalding Kent ME18 6HA
Listed Building Consent for alterations and extension to Cart Barn to form ancillary livi…
16/501458/LBC
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

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