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Vodafone, Friningham, Thurnham, Maidstone

08/0629FullApproved

Approved on 14 May 2008

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of equipment cabin in existing telecoms site compound as shown on drawings 0049/01-06 received on 20/03/08.

Received
7 April 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Detling And Thurnham
  1. Received7 Apr
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Jun
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Vodafone, Friningham, Thurnham, Maidstone. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

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

Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2008
Target decision date
1 June 2008
Decision issued
15 May 2008
Application expires
2 June 2008
Permission expires
13 May 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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

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