Recently decided planning applications
This is a list of the planning applications decided in the week beginning 3 March 2025. You can also view a list of the applications received for the same period.
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Decision: Prior Approval Not Required
Application Reference: 25/500448/AGRIC
Prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building with an attached enclosed secure storage building and hardstanding. For its prior approval to: - Siting: design and external appearance.
Application Type: AGRIC
Status: Prior Approval Not Required
Decision Date: 07/03/2025
Officer: Sam Cowdry
Applicant: Lambert & Foster Ltd
Agent: Lambert & Foster Ltd
Address: Little Cheveney Farm Sheephurst Lane Marden Kent TN12 9NX
Parish: Collier Street
Ward: Marden And Yalding
Decision: Prior Approval Refused
Application Reference: 25/500323/AGRIC
Prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building. For its prior approval to: - Siting: design and external appearance.
Application Type: AGRIC
Status: Prior Approval Refused
Decision Date: 06/03/2025
Officer: Francis Amekor
Applicant: Cambusmore Estates LTD
Agent: Chris Hodgson Engineering Ltd
Address: Chart Hill Lakes Chart Hill Road Chart Sutton Kent ME17 3EZ
Parish: Chart Sutton
Ward: Boughton Monchelsea And Chart Sutton
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 24/504868/FULL
Erection of a single storey rear extension including 4no. rooflights.
Application Type: FULL
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 03/03/2025
Officer: Georgina Quinn
Applicant: Mr and Mrs Kennedy
Agent: Reuther Architecture Ltd
Address: 21 Goldstone Walk Boxley Kent ME5 9QB
Parish: Boxley
Ward: Boxley Downs
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 24/505312/FULL
Insertion of 1no. new window on the south of the building at first floor level.
Application Type: FULL
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 07/03/2025
Officer: Olga Gardiner
Applicant: Mr K Ayoub-Agha
Agent: Shape London Architects
Address: Priory Gate Union Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1PT
Parish:
Ward: High Street
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 25/500102/FULL
Erection of a single storey rear infill extension: removal of window and section of wall below the window.
Application Type: FULL
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 06/03/2025
Officer: Yuqi Bi
Applicant: Jack and Kirsty Gearey
Agent: Mr Paul Fowler
Address: Wrens Nest Headcorn Road Grafty Green Kent ME17 2AP
Parish: Boughton Malherbe
Ward: Headcorn And Sutton Valence
Decision: Application Refused
Application Reference: 24/505336/FULL
Part retrospective erection of 3 bay garage with associated turning circle and drive (Amendment to application 19/506427/FULL).
Application Type: FULL
Status: Refused
Decision Date: 03/03/2025
Officer: Ms Angela Welsford
Applicant: Mr Paul Thomas
Agent: DHA Planning
Address: Pollyfields Barn Scragged Oak Road Detling Kent ME14 3HL
Parish: Boxley
Ward: Boxley Downs
Decision: Application Refused
Application Reference: 24/504963/FULL
Erection of two storey side extension and second floor rear extension with new hipped roof and 5no. rooflights: including addition of ground floor terrace to the rear of the property.
Application Type: FULL
Status: Refused
Decision Date: 04/03/2025
Officer: Georgina Quinn
Applicant: Mr Jamie Keane
Agent: David Lees Architects
Address: 98 Holland Road Maidstone Kent ME14 1UT
Parish:
Ward: Penenden Heath
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 25/500062/LBC
Listed Building Consent for re-tiling of roof with reclaimed kent pegs: replastering of internal walls with lime plaster: restoration of ground floor inglenook fireplace: renovation of first floor fireplace including relaying of bricks with lime mortar and lime plaster: repair of damaged valley: replacement of internal doors to first floor with oak doors: repair of 1no. original rear window and replacement of all other windows with wooden double glazed windows: replacement of floorboards to master bedroom: conversion of pantry/utility room to a toilet: replacement of all electrics: and installation of a gas heating system with boiler (works completed).
Application Type: LBC
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 03/03/2025
Officer: Ping Tye
Applicant: Mr Mark Tooby
Agent: Country House Homes Ltd.
Address: 17 Eyhorne Street Hollingbourne Kent ME17 1TR
Parish: Hollingbourne
Ward: Harrietsham
Decision: Application Refused
Application Reference: 25/500011/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations including removal of an internal wall and doors: creation of a bathroom on the ground floor and toilets on first and second floor to allow for the change of use of offices to a dwelling.
Application Type: LBC
Status: Refused
Decision Date: 03/03/2025
Officer: Sema Yurtman
Applicant: Mecaj Properties Management Ltd
Agent: Mrs J Keeley
Address: 6 Romney Place Maidstone Kent ME15 6LE
Parish:
Ward: High Street
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 24/504683/LBC
Listed Building Consent for WiFi Upgrade
Application Type: LBC
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 05/03/2025
Officer: Gautham Jayakumar
Applicant: JD Wetherspoon
Agent: Harrison Ince Architects Ltd
Address: The Muggleton Inn High Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1HJ
Parish:
Ward: High Street
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 25/500103/LBC
Listed Building Consent for erection of a single storey rear infill extension: removal of window and section of wall below the window.
Application Type: LBC
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 06/03/2025
Officer: Yuqi Bi
Applicant: Jack and Kirsty Gearey
Agent: Mr Paul Fowler
Address: Wrens Nest Headcorn Road Grafty Green Kent ME17 2AP
Parish: Boughton Malherbe
Ward: Headcorn And Sutton Valence
Decision: Application Refused
Application Reference: 25/500067/LDCEX
Lawful Development certificate Existing use of land as (C3) residential garden land.
Application Type: LDCEX
Status: Refused
Decision Date: 07/03/2025
Officer: Gautham Jayakumar
Applicant: Mr Robert Peters
Agent: HOMZ UK
Address: 1 Little Fowle Hall Oasts Lucks Lane Paddock Wood Kent TN12 6PA
Parish: Yalding
Ward: Marden And Yalding
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 25/500030/LDCEX
Lawful Development Certificate for existing use as a single residential dwelling: including removal of temporary dividing wall in the hallway.
Application Type: LDCEX
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 04/03/2025
Officer: Sam Cowdry
Applicant: Mr Nigel Miller
Agent:
Address: 12 Bower Place Maidstone Kent ME16 8BH
Parish:
Ward: Fant And Oakwood
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 25/500770/NMAMD
Non Material Amendment to condition 3 of 24/504962/FULL (Change of use from Hotel to 13-bedroom HMO and associated works): to read: The development hereby approved shall have no more than 13(no) separate households: with no more than 16(no) occupants: occupying the building at any one time. Reason: To protect the amenity of future occupants.
Application Type: NMAMD
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 06/03/2025
Officer: Kathryn Altieri
Applicant: Smart In Hotels Ltd
Agent: Prime Folio
Address: Grange Park 9 St Michaels Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8BS
Parish: Unparished
Ward: Fant And Oakwood
Decision: Prior Approval Refused
Application Reference: 25/500054/PNQCLA
Prior notification for the change of use of a building and any land within its curtilage from agricultural to 4(no) dwellinghouses and associated operational development. For its prior approval to: - Transport and Highways impacts of the development. - Noise impacts of the development. - Contamination risks on the site.- Flooding risks on the site. - Whether the location or siting of the building makes it otherwise impractical or undesirable for the use of the building to change from agricultural use to C3 (dwellinghouses). - Design and external appearance impacts on the building. - Provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses.
Application Type: PNQCLA
Status: Prior Approval Refused
Decision Date: 06/03/2025
Officer: Kathryn Altieri
Applicant: Mr Chantler
Agent: JPD Architecture Ltd
Address: Grigg Lane Corn Stores Grigg Lane Headcorn Kent TN27 9LU
Parish: Headcorn
Ward: Headcorn And Sutton Valence
Decision: No Objections
Application Reference: 25/500724/STTRAD
Street Trading Application for the selling a range of locally produced food: drink and craft at the Lenham Country Market on the second Sunday of each month between 9am to 1pm.
Application Type: STTRAD
Status: No Objection
Decision Date: 03/03/2025
Officer:
Applicant: Sandra Jane Woodfall
Agent:
Address: Lenham Square The Square Lenham Kent ME17 2PQ
Parish: Lenham
Ward: Harrietsham
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 25/500063/SUB
Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 - (Biodiversity Enhancement) subject to 24/504638/FULL
Application Type: SUB
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 07/03/2025
Officer: Yuqi Bi
Applicant: Mr Mo Thapa
Agent: Hillside Group Kent
Address: 1 Betsham Road Maidstone Kent ME15 8TX
Parish: Unparished
Ward: Senacre
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 25/500282/SUB
Submission of details pursuant to condition 21- (noise management plan) subject to 22/500222/FULL
Application Type: SUB
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 03/03/2025
Officer: Sean Scott
Applicant: Chartway Group
Agent:
Address: Heather House Bicknor Road Maidstone Kent ME15 9PS
Parish: Unparished
Ward: Park Wood And Mangravet
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 25/500009/SUB
Submission of details pursuant to conditions 5 (noise levels): and 6 (defensible space): subject to application 23/501040/FULL.
Application Type: SUB
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 04/03/2025
Officer: William Fletcher
Applicant: Mr Gold
Agent: Redwoods Projects
Address: 74 King Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1BH
Parish:
Ward: High Street
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 24/504418/SUB
Submission of details pursuant to condition 5 (closure report) subject to application 24/504461/FULL
Application Type: SUB
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 03/03/2025
Officer: Sean Scott
Applicant: Mote Road Development LTD
Agent: Robinson Escott Planning
Address: Mote Road Car Park Mote Road Maidstone Kent
Parish:
Ward: High Street
Decision: Application Refused
Application Reference: 24/503384/SUB
Submission of details pursuant to conditions 8 - External Materials and 11 - Biodiversity Enhancements: Subject to 20/506149/FULL
Application Type: SUB
Status: Refused
Decision Date: 03/03/2025
Officer: Sean Scott
Applicant: C/o Agent
Agent: Haskins Design Ltd.
Address: Scammell Lodge Friningham Detling Kent ME14 3JD
Parish: Thurnham
Ward: Boxley Downs
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 24/505122/SUB
Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 (ecology) subject to 24/503195/FULL
Application Type: SUB
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 04/03/2025
Officer: Louise Welsford
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Lunn
Agent: Westbury Garden Rooms Limited
Address: Fairbourne Court Fairbourne Lane Harrietsham Kent ME17 1LQ
Parish: Harrietsham
Ward: Harrietsham
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 25/500055/SUB
Submission of details pursuant to condition 11 (ecological management plan) subject to application 24/502760/FULL.
Application Type: SUB
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 05/03/2025
Officer: William Fletcher
Applicant: GPML Construction Ltd
Agent: Kirby Cove Architects
Address: Land At Wharf Road Tovil Kent
Parish: Tovil
Ward: Tovil
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 24/502654/SUB
Discharge Of Condition 18 - lighting design plan for biodiversity of application 22/500222/FULL
Application Type: SUB
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 03/03/2025
Officer: Sean Scott
Applicant: Maidstone Borough Council
Agent: Chartway Group
Address: Heather House Bicknor Road Maidstone Kent ME15 9PS
Parish:
Ward: Park Wood And Mangravet
Decision: Application Refused
Application Reference: 23/505594/SUB
Submission of details to discharge condition 5a (external joinery) of application 23/502485/LBC.
Application Type: SUB
Status: Refused
Decision Date: 03/03/2025
Officer: Rachael Elliott
Applicant: Mr Michael Dunderdale
Agent: Portico Architecture & Interiors
Address: Cotuams Hall 2 Eyhorne Street Hollingbourne Maidstone Kent ME17 1TP
Parish: Hollingbourne
Ward: Harrietsham
Decision: No Objections
Application Reference: 25/500244/TCA
Conservation area notification: Birch (two trees but as they stand so close together: they are considered as one canopy) - reduce and re-shape. Remove 3 x lower limbs that severely threaten the integrity of the listed building and adjacent wall but enhance the shape of crown to improve visual amenity.
Application Type: TCA
Status: No Objection
Decision Date: 04/03/2025
Officer: Paul Hegley (MBC)
Applicant: Mr Jason Buckland
Agent:
Address: St Peter And St Paul's Church High Street Yalding Kent ME18 6HU
Parish: Yalding
Ward: Marden And Yalding
Decision: No Objections
Application Reference: 25/500442/TCA
Conservation area notification to one (T1) silver birch 9m height to be reduced by 2m in height and a 4m width to 2m in width
Application Type: TCA
Status: No Objection
Decision Date: 04/03/2025
Officer: Paul Hegley (MBC)
Applicant: Miss Helen Butterworth
Agent:
Address: 5 Invicta Villas The Green Bearsted Kent ME14 4DT
Parish: Bearsted
Ward: Bearsted And Downswood
Decision: No Objections
Application Reference: 25/500340/TCA
Conservation Area Notification: Walnut tree (T9) - Pollard tree back to old pollard points.
Application Type: TCA
Status: No Objection
Decision Date: 04/03/2025
Officer: Paul Hegley (MBC)
Applicant: Bearsted Parish Council
Agent:
Address: Bearsted Green The Street Bearsted Kent ME14 4EA
Parish: Bearsted
Ward: Bearsted And Downswood
Decision: No Objections
Application Reference: 25/500339/TCA
Conservation area notification: Raise crown of one mixed conifer (T8) to 3.5 meters.
Application Type: TCA
Status: No Objection
Decision Date: 04/03/2025
Officer: Paul Hegley (MBC)
Applicant: Mrs Joanne Upton
Agent: Bearsted Parish Council
Address: Bearsted Green The Street Bearsted Kent ME14 4EA
Parish: Bearsted
Ward: Bearsted And Downswood
Decision: No Objections
Application Reference: 25/500507/TCA
Conservation area notification to One (T1) Weeping Ash tree to reduce the lateral branch over the gate from radial spread of 4.5 meters to 3 meters One (T2) semi mature Robinia tree to reduce radial spread of Canopy from 5.5 meters to 3 meters and from a height of 15 meters to 13 meters. Two (T3) mature conifer species to reduce the height of both trees from 12 meters to 8 meters. And one (T4) Sycamore tree to Pollard to 3 meters from ground level
Application Type: TCA
Status: No Objection
Decision Date: 04/03/2025
Officer: Lewis Bedwell
Applicant: Mr Tim Goreman
Agent: Broadleaf Tree Surgery Ltd
Address: Hoplands Cottage Lower Road East Farleigh Kent ME15 0JS
Parish: East Farleigh
Ward: Coxheath And Farleigh
Decision: No Objections
Application Reference: 25/500428/TCA
Conservation area notification to T1 silver birch to reduce the tree from 12m high and 5.5m spread to 8m x 4m approximately 30%
Application Type: TCA
Status: No Objection
Decision Date: 03/03/2025
Officer: Lewis Bedwell
Applicant: Mrs Jo Blake
Agent: Day Tree Fellers
Address: 1 Hayle Mill Cottages Hayle Mill Road Tovil Kent ME15 6DT
Parish: Tovil
Ward: Tovil
Decision: No Objections
Application Reference: 25/500277/TCA
Conservation area notification to (G1) Group of Three Leylandii Cypress forming one crown 11m high - 12m span to be Cut to ground level
Application Type: TCA
Status: No Objection
Decision Date: 04/03/2025
Officer: Paul Hegley (MBC)
Applicant: Cognatum Estates
Agent: South East Tree Works
Address: 10 Eylesden Court Bearsted Kent ME14 4BF
Parish: Bearsted
Ward: Bearsted And Downswood
Decision: No Objections
Application Reference: 25/500474/TCA
Conservation area notification to complete tree works as per Application form and supported annotated T2 photo (received 07.02.25).
Application Type: TCA
Status: No Objection
Decision Date: 04/03/2025
Officer: Lewis Bedwell
Applicant: The National Trust
Agent: The Living Forest Ltd
Address: Stoneacre Stoneacre Lane Otham Kent ME15 8RS
Parish: Otham
Ward: Leeds And Langley
Decision: No Objections
Application Reference: 25/500268/TCA
Conservation area notification: 2 x Ash - Fell to ground level. 1x Sycamore - Raise canopy to provide 3 metres clearance above ground level.
Application Type: TCA
Status: No Objection
Decision Date: 04/03/2025
Officer: Paul Hegley (MBC)
Applicant: Lenham Parish Council
Agent:
Address: Car Park Maidstone Road Lenham Kent ME17 2QH
Parish: Lenham
Ward: Harrietsham
Decision: No Objections
Application Reference: 25/500338/TCA
Conservation area notification: Raise crown of one European Larch (T7 - Larix Deciduo) to 4 meters.
Application Type: TCA
Status: No Objection
Decision Date: 04/03/2025
Officer: Paul Hegley (MBC)
Applicant: Bearsted Parish Council
Agent: Erin Sugden
Address: Bearsted Green The Street Bearsted Kent ME14 4EA
Parish: Bearsted
Ward: Bearsted And Downswood
Decision: Application Permitted
Application Reference: 25/500233/TPOA
TPO application to reduce the crown of one Ash tree: reduce the height by 2 meters and 1 meter on both sides of the width (two metres across the width) as the tree overhangs the driveway and the workshop.
Application Type: TPOA
Status: Approved
Decision Date: 06/03/2025
Officer: Lewis Bedwell
Applicant: Mr William Reeves
Agent:
Address: 8 Churchill Cottages Liverton Hill Sandway Kent ME17 2NJ
Parish: Lenham
Ward: Harrietsham
Decision: TPOA Split Refused/ Approved
Application Reference: 24/505135/TPOA
Tree Preservation Order application: (TPO 1 of 1954) T1 - Silver Birch-Fell to ground level and root grind. T2 & T3 - 2 x Silver Birch-Fell to ground level and root grind both: plus additional stump under Hornbeam. T4 & T5 - 2 x Lime-Crown raise to 5m (area 4) T6 - 1 x Thuja-reduce from 9m to 5m: next to bench 71. T7 & T8 - 2 x Oaks-Crown raise to 5m and remove deadwood next to Frank Underhill bench.
Application Type: TPOA
Status: TPOA Split Approved/Refused
Decision Date: 03/03/2025
Officer: Lewis Bedwell
Applicant: Maidstone Borough Council
Agent: Hood's Tree Services Ltd
Address: Vinters Park Crematorium Bearsted Road Weavering Kent ME14 5LG
Parish: Boxley
Ward: Grove Green And Vinters Park
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