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Friningham Manor, Friningham, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JD

09/1152Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 24 December 2009

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a lawful development certificate for an existing development being the lawful implementation of planning permission MA/02/2292 (Demolition of existing top floor storey and erection of new floor space and pitched roof and conversion of property to 6 No. flats).

Received
14 July 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Detling And Thurnham
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Sep
  5. Decided24 Dec

Decided in 163 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Friningham Manor, Friningham, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JD. Mid Kent has handled 419 applications of this type. This one was decided in 163 days, 15 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,563 applications in total for the ME14 postcode area.

83% of amendment 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 3JD
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2009
Target decision date
7 September 2009
Application expires
8 September 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Romney House, Monument Way, Orbital Park, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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 1/1975Part of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 13/0678Register site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

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, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

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Source: Mid Kent

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