Mobile home at Wierton Hill Farm, Boughton Monchelsea

maidstone-26-501191-FULL·Maidstone·20 Aug 2026refused·26/501191/FULL

Tier label used

smaller village

The tier sentence (from the case file)

“1.6 km from Boughton Monchelsea (smaller village)”

Summary

A lawful residential mobile home in open countryside, to be replaced by a self-build house more than five times its footprint. Officers recommended approval. Their urgent update re-framed the case under S5(1)(c), replacement of a building "not disproportionately larger", and S5(1)(d), with garden land counted as PDL. Members refused 12-1. They found the replacement disproportionate and suburbanising, and an isolated dwelling with no essential need.

Why this is cited

Descriptive distance; refused. In the register this counts as a descriptive mention that played no part in the reasoning.

Sources

Application on the council planning portal · full decision note · quoted from cases/maidstone-26-501191-FULL.md

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