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Frederick House Brewer Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1RY

22/501632/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 30 June 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of three-storey office building to 12(no) bedroom House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) with fenestration alterations and erection of front entrance canopy and associated works including separate bin and bicycle storage building; security gates; and creation of communal amenity space.

Received
31 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
High Street
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target30 Jun
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Frederick House Brewer Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1RY. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across High Street. We hold 1,569 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 1RY
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2022
Consultation expiry
20 May 2022
Last date for comments
20 May 2022
Target decision date
30 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr David Wright 68 Bower Mount Road Maidstone ME16 8AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 April 2022
Advertisement expiry
12 May 2022
Site notice start
29 April 2022
Site notice end
20 May 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11151172
Documents
46

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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© 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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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    14 May

    Section 73 application to vary conditions 3 and 15, to allow replacement of all existing windows and approved…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/501750/FULL
  2. 2022
    31 Mar

    Change of use of three-storey office building to 12(no) bedroom House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) with…

    This applicationApprovedFull22/501632/FULL

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