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Radar Studio Coldblow Lane Thurnham Kent ME14 3LR

15/507279/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 1 December 2015

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of the existing MOD structures and construction of 5no. 4 bedroom detached dwellings with new internal road layout and associated parking and landscaping works on the former MOD transmission site at Coldblow Lane.

Received
3 September 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Detling And Thurnham
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Radar Studio Coldblow Lane Thurnham Kent ME14 3LR. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications 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 3LR
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2015
Last date for comments
9 October 2015
Target decision date
29 October 2015
Application expires
29 October 2015
Permission expires
1 December 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04462520
Documents
27
Constraints
9

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
  • Brownfield land register: 15/507279Register 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2017
    7 Apr

    Minor Material Amendment to include drawing 1991-157-A

    ApprovedFullRelated17/501919/FULL
  2. 2017
    7 Apr

    Minor Material Amendment to include drawing 1991-158-A

    ApprovedFullRelated17/501920/FULL
  3. 2017
    7 Apr

    Non-material amendment - Designate the garage area for use as residential accommodation (original application…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment17/501932/NMAMD
  4. 2017
    11 Jan

    Minor material amendment of permission 15/507279/FULL

    ApprovedFullRelated16/508605/FULL
  5. 2016
    2 Nov

    Submission of details to discharge condition 10 (detailed long-term landscape management plan) and condition…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions16/507676/SUB
  6. 2016
    25 Oct

    Non-material amendment to vary the provisions of condition 4 of permission 15/507279/FULL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment16/507750/NMAMD
  7. 2016
    15 Apr

    Non Material Amendment to application 15/507279/FULL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment16/503353/NMAMD
  8. 2016
    8 Apr

    Non-material amendment to scheme approved under reference 15/507279/FULL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment16/503119/NMAMD
  9. 2015
    14 Dec

    Submission of details pursuant to Condition 3: Details of materials, Condition 6: Details of proposed slab…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions15/510258/SUB
  10. 2015
    4 Sep

    Submission of details pursuant to Condition 7: Details of Contamination Risk Scheme, and Condition 15…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside15/507176/SUB
  11. 2015
    3 Sep

    Demolition of the existing MOD structures and construction of 5no. 4 bedroom detached dwellings with new…

    This applicationApprovedFull15/507279/FULL
  12. 2015
    3 Sep

    EIA Screening Opinion for demolition of the existing MOD structures and construction of 5no. 4 bedroom…

    ApprovedEIA Screening OpinionFiled alongside15/507305/ENVSCR

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