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

13/0678FullApproved

Approved on 2 December 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Conversion of existing manor from two residential units into three self-contained residential dwellings with associated gardens and parking areas as shown on site location plan and drawing nos. 130207-E-001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 130207-S-001, 130207-P-001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006 and Planning and Design and Access Statement received 22/04/2013, preliminary ecology report dated 4 October 2013, bat survey report and reptile survey report received 08/09/2014, a further bat survey report dated 21 October 2014 received 12/10/2014 and plans anotated to indicate potentially available bat roost areas received 11/11/2014.

Received
22 April 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Detling And Thurnham
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 589 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Friningham Manor, Friningham, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JD. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 589 days, 76 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.

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 3JD
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2013
Last date for comments
17 October 2014
Target decision date
16 June 2013
Decision issued
3 December 2014
Application expires
17 June 2013
Permission expires
3 December 2017

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02586700
Documents
48

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Kent

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