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Tenacre Court Ashford Road Harrietsham Maidstone Kent ME17 1AH

20/501508/PNOCLAPrior Notification - Class OApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 May 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification for proposed change of use of a building from Offices (Class B1(a)) to 25 residential apartments for affordable housing (Class C3). For its prior approval to: Transport and Highways impacts of the development - Contamination risks on the site - Flooding risks on the site - Impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development.

Received
30 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham And Lenham
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Tenacre Court Ashford Road Harrietsham Maidstone Kent ME17 1AH. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 postcode area.

83% of outline 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 1AH
Application type
Prior Notification - Class O
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
25
Parish
Harrietsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2020
Consultation expiry
28 April 2020
Last date for comments
28 April 2020
Target decision date
25 May 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 April 2020
Site notice end
28 April 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08568205
Documents
26
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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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© 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.

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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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