Willow Farm Lughorse Lane Yalding Kent ME18 6EB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Part retrospective change of use of land for a mixed use as agricultural and an educational care farm enterprise, including the permanent retention of existing timber skidded classroom/rest and indoor activity building, skidded timber animal shelter and polytunnel, together with the erection of an additional classroom building, and installation sewage package treatment plant (permanent renewal of planning permission ). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 25 Sept 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 25 Sept 2026
Documents 15
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 5
Plans & drawings 1
Consultation & comments 3
Associated applications 2
Part of
- FullPart retrospective change of use of land for a mixed use as agricultural and an educational…This application26/502036/FULL
Site constraints 4
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How this decision compares
Decided in 100 days from validation, 44 days slower than Maidstone's median of 56 for agricultural works. Approved, as 80% of agricultural works here are.
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-14760079
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14760079
- Comments by
- 1 Oct 2026
- Site or press notice
- 29 Jun 2026
- Committee
- 17 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 12 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
14 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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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%).
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Willow Farm Lughorse Lane Yalding Kent ME18 6EB
Retrospective change of use of land for use as an educational/care farm, including siting of a wooden skidded moveable shed for use as a class/rest room and indoor activity room, a skidded wooden animal shelter on a paving slab base, and erection of a polytunnel.
- Received
- 19 Dec 2022
- Outcome
- Pending