Planning application
Yotes Court Farm Mereworth Road Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5JQ
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Demolition of the existing barns and erection of 9x dwellings with associated parking and landscaping
As published by the council, reference 26/00773/FL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00773/FL
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 27 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 5 Jun 2026
- Ward
- East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury
- Parish
- Mereworth (Mereworth)
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- ME18 5JQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Apr 2026
Received by Tonbridge and Malling
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5 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 31 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Tonbridge and Malling took a median of 62 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
HIGHGATE Planning & Development Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Tonbridge
Active · incorporated 2020 · Tonbridge
14 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
43 documents on file for this application
- CONSERVATION OFFICER
- WEST KENT PROW
- LEISURE SERVICES
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL AND ROOST ASSESSMENT
- BNG METRIC
- BNG FILE ASSESSMENT
- KCC HERITAGE CONSERVATION
- MEREWORTH PARISH COUNCIL
- NEIGHBOUR COMMENT (NEUTRAL) SUBMITTED ONLINE
- KCC EAS
- OBJECTION COMMENT
- KCC HIGHWAYS
- MYCELIA VALIDATION REPORT BNG
- FRADS REPORT
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT PART 2
- BAT EMERGENCE REPORT
- WATER STATEMENT
- BASELINE BNG (YOTES COURT FARM) V1
- OFF SITE BNG
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- BNG V1.2
- STATUTORY BNG FILE ASSESSMENT (LAND AT YOTES COURT FARM ME18 5JQ) V1.2
- STATUTORY BNG METRIC (LAND AT YOTES COURT FARM ME18 5JQ) V1.2
- CONTAMINATED LAND
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- TREE SURVEY AND ABORICULTURAL ASSESSMENT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- PLOT 1 AND 2 FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- PLOT 3-5 PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- PLOTS 6 - 8 FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- PLOT 9 FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED OUTBUILDING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SECTIONS
- PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT REVC
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE LAYOUT
- EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS COW SHED
- EXISTING SECTIONS
- EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS STORES-OFFICES
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT_V.2
- TRANSPORT NOTE
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Tonbridge and Malling for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Tonbridge and Malling's median decision took 62 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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