Planning application
Mackley Farm, Knock Hill, Stone, TN30 7JX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Solar panels to be mounted on east facing roof slope of agricultural barn
As published by the council, reference NOT/2025/2280
Application record
- Reference
- NOT/2025/2280
- Type
- Prior approval Part 14 Class J: Installation or alteration etc of solar equipment on non-domestic premises
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Prior Approval Is Given
- Received
- 9 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 9 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 26 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Isle of Oxney
- Parish
- Stone-cum-Ebony
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TN30 7JX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Dec 2025
Received by Ashford
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26 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Is Given
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13 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About prior approval applications
How this application type works
Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.
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NOT/2026/1477 Awaiting decision
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