Invicta House Pudding Lane Maidstone Kent ME14 1NX
Refused on 26 May 2022
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior notification for the change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 5no. self contained flats (Use Class C3). For its prior approval to: Transport impacts of the development, particularly to ensure safe site access Contamination risks in relation to the building; Flooding risks in relation to the building; Impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development; Where the building is located in a conservation area, and the development involves a change of use of the whole or part of the ground floor, the impact of that change of use on the character or sustainability of the conservation area; The provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses; The impact on intended occupiers of the development of the introduction of residential use in an area the authority considers to be important for general or heavy industry, waste management, storage and distribution, or a mix of such uses; and where the development involves the loss of services provided by a registered nursery, or a health centre maintained under section 2 or 3 of the National Health Service Act; The impact on the local provision of the type of services lost.
- Received
- 31 March 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- High Street
- ReceivedReceived31 Mar
- ValidatedValidated31 Mar
- Consult.Consultation2 May
- TargetTarget Date26 May
- DecidedDecided26 May
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Invicta House Pudding Lane Maidstone Kent ME14 1NX. 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 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 1NX
- Application type
- Prior Notification Class MA
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 March 2022
- Last date for comments
- 2 May 2022
- Target decision date
- 26 May 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Peter Stirzaker Tempo House 15 Falcon Road London SW11 2PJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Maidstone, Town Centre
- Brownfield land register: 16/501956Register 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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202215 Nov
Prior notification for the change of use of part of ground floor and the first floor from Use Class E to…
ApprovedPrior Notification Class MA22/505354/PNMA - 20225 Jul
Prior notification for the change of use of part of ground floor and the first floor from Use Class E to…
RefusedPrior Notification Class MA22/503352/PNMA
Source: Mid Kent
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