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68 Bank Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1SN

21/505280/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 December 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for proposed change of use of the ground floor and basement from A1 shops to A3 restaurant and cafes.

Received
28 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
High Street
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 68 Bank Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1SN. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across High Street. We hold 1,563 applications in total for the ME14 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
ME14 1SN
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2021
Target decision date
23 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
F.A.O. Mr Bruno Machado 1 Bluett Street Maidstone ME14 2UG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10213982
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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 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

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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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