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1 And 2 Cottage Wood, Castle Hill, Thurnham, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JE

11/0506FullApproved

Approved on 22 September 2011

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations to facilitate conversion of two dwellings to a single dwelling, being erection of a porch to the north elevation, erection of a conservatory and balcony to the south elevation, replacement of existing roofs with hipped roof of increased ridge height and featuring solar panels, re-cladding of exterior with brick slips and weatherboarding and alterations to fenestration as shown on drawing numbers 11/0391 received on 31/03/11 & 11/0390A received on 06/09/11.

Received
1 April 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Detling And Thurnham
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 174 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at 1 And 2 Cottage Wood, Castle Hill, Thurnham, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JE. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 174 days, 17 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. 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 April 2011
Target decision date
26 May 2011
Committee meeting
22 September 2011
Application expires
27 May 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
76, Ufton Lane, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME101EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18

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

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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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