Elmscroft House, Charlton Lane, West Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 0NY

12/1929Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 11 December 2012

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

An application for listed building consent for installation of a new biomass boiler room within an existing garage and workshop building. Replacement of existing asbestos roof with new roofing system with two new stainless steel flues projecting through the roof. Reworking of the basement boiler room within Elmscroft house. Installing a new underground district main between the new boiler room and the existing basement boiler room within the grade II listed main house. New radiator valves to central heating system and increased mineral quilt insulation to loft areas of main building.

Received: 24 October 2012
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Coxheath And Hunton

ReceivedReceived24 Oct
ValidatedValidated24 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date18 Dec
DecidedDecided11 Dec

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a garage at Elmscroft House, Charlton Lane, West Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 0NY. Mid Kent has handled 639 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 postcode area.

68% of heritage 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 0NY
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: West Farleigh

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 October 2012
Target decision date: 18 December 2012
Application expires: 19 December 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address: South Lodge, Wierton Hill, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4JS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-02253445
Documents: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: Elmscroft and Garden Wall Attached to North West CornerOn this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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