The Bull Ministore And Post Office, Lower Road, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME150HD
Approved on 18 November 2005
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retrospective application for the continued use of land for the siting of a portacabin with disabled access to facilitate village post office and mini store as shown on EFVSA No2 Amended.
- Received
- 26 September 2005
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Coxheath And Hunton
- ReceivedReceived26 Sep
- ValidatedValidated26 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 Nov
- DecidedDecided18 Nov
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The Bull Ministore And Post Office, Lower Road, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME150HD. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 postcode area.
85% of full applications at Maidstone Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- ME15 0HD
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- East Farleigh
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 September 2005
- Target decision date
- 20 November 2005
- Application expires
- 21 November 2005
- Permission expires
- 17 November 2008
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: East Farleigh, Lower RoadPart of the site
- Listed building: Grade II: Drinking Trough to Centre of Junction With Station RoadOn or next to this site · +2 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Source: Mid Kent
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