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1 & 2 Cottage Wood, Castle Hill, Detling, Thurnham, ME143JE

07/1141FullRefused

Refused on 25 July 2007

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

To demolish the existing 2 houses and replace with 2No. 4 bed detached dwellings as shown on drawing nos. 274/PL/01, 02, 03, 04, 05 received on 31/5/07.

Received
1 June 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Detling And Thurnham
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 1 & 2 Cottage Wood, Castle Hill, Detling, Thurnham, ME143JE. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,560 applications in total for the ME14 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
ME14 3JE
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 June 2007
Target decision date
26 July 2007
Decision issued
26 July 2007
Application expires
27 July 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Admirals Office, The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed and or Notice Upheld

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Land North of ThurnhamPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1/1969Covers the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Kent

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