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7 Mill Street Maidstone Kent ME15 6XW

22/501088/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 28 April 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of first and second floors from offices to 2no. residential flats.

Received
7 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
High Street
  1. Received7 Mar
  2. Validated7 Mar
  3. Consult.7 Apr
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 7 Mill Street Maidstone Kent ME15 6XW. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across High Street. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 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
ME15 6XW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 March 2022
Consultation expiry
7 April 2022
Last date for comments
7 April 2022
Target decision date
2 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Mark Carter Design Studio Priestfield Stadium Redfern Avenue Gillingham ME7 4DD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 March 2022
Advertisement expiry
7 April 2022
Site notice start
15 March 2022
Site notice end
5 April 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11086422
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Maidstone, Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: 14/506793Register site at or near this address · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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 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.

Source: Mid Kent

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