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31 The Finches Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PY

20/505897/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 January 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for proposed conversion of garage into bedroom with external alterations.

Received
16 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Woodstock
  1. Received16 Dec
  2. Validated16 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 31 The Finches Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PY. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 4 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Woodstock. We hold 2,142 applications in total for the ME10 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
ME10 4PY
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 December 2020
Target decision date
10 February 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Richard Baker 31 Highsted Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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© 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: Mid Kent

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