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School House, Ashford Road, Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1AJ

12/2140FullApproved

Approved on 21 February 2013

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a new planning permission to replace extant planning permission MA/08/1767 (Residential development of Harrietsham old school site, including the refurbishment of the existing main school building into 2 No. two bedroom units with additional garage. Refurbishment of existing kitchen house into 1 No. two bedroom unit with integral garage. The erection of 3 No. three bedroom dwellings with garages and 3 No two bedroom dwellings with garages) to extend the time limit for implementation.

Received
4 January 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham And Lenham
  1. Received4 Jan
  2. Validated4 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Feb
  5. Decided21 Feb

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at School House, Ashford Road, Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1AJ. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 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. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,307 applications in total for the ME17 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
ME17 1AJ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrietsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 January 2013
Target decision date
28 February 2013
Application expires
1 March 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Suites 9-11, The Courtyard, Parsonage Farm, Parsonage Stocks Road, Throwley, Faversham, Kent, ME13 0ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: 5001/2021/TPOPart of the site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 12/2 140Register site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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 and heritage coasts.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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

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Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    1 May

    Section 73 - Application for minor material amendment to approved plans condition 2 (to allow replacement…

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/501461/FULL
  2. 2025
    19 Jun

    Submission of details pursuant to conditions 4 (external materials), 5 (landscaping), 6 (bin and cycle…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/502520/SUB
  3. 2025
    3 Apr

    Submission of details pursuant to conditions 4 (external materials), 5 (landscaping), 6 (bin and cycle…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions25/501351/SUB
  4. 2024
    16 Aug

    Change of use of the old canteen to a detached 3-bedroom dwelling, including erection of a single storey…

    RefusedFull24/503213/FULL
  5. 2024
    8 Feb

    Erection of 3no. self-build dwellings with associated access and parking

    ApprovedFull24/500239/FULL
  6. 2023
    17 Oct

    Non Material Amendment to 22/501407/FULL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment23/504662/NMAMD

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