Planning application
Congelow Farm Benover Road Yalding Kent ME18 6ET
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of existing buildings and land at Congelow Farm from a hop pelletising plant with ancillary office, laboratory, workshops and storage to a flexible commercial employment use comprising offices (Use Class E(g)(i)), research and development (Use Class E(g)(ii)), light industrial processes (Use Class E(g)(iii)) and storage and distribution (Use Class B8), including the continued use of existing buildings, hardstanding and associated infrastructure; Demolition of existing storage building and cabin and erection of a replacement building in line with current approval 23/503683
As published by the council, reference 26/503434/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/503434/FULL
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Validated
- 30 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Marden And Yalding
- Parish
- Yalding
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- ME18 6ET
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 25 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Maidstone took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Ibbotson Architects Limited Agent, an architecture practice registered in Hope Valley
Active · incorporated 2008 · Hope Valley
11 applications on PlanIndex · across 9 councils
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See their track recordMorris Hanbury Ltd Applicant, registered in Kent
Active · incorporated 2002 · Kent
2 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Maidstone for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Maidstone decided full applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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