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62, West Street, Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1HU

13/0599FullApproved

Approved on 20 August 2013

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from retail/post office to residential as shown on the Site Location Plan, Block plan, drawing SP1325-10 received on the 9th April 2013 and Heritage Statement received on the 5th July 2013.

Received
4 July 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham And Lenham
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided20 Aug

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 62, West Street, Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 1HU. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,310 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 1HU
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrietsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 July 2013
Target decision date
28 August 2013
Application expires
29 August 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
11, Priory Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02565434
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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.

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