School House Ashford Road Harrietsham Maidstone Kent ME17 1AJ

22/502176/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 22 December 2022

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Erection of three detached dwellings. Creation of a new access. (Resubmission of 21/504810/FULL)

Received: 24 May 2022
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Harrietsham And Lenham

ReceivedReceived24 May
ValidatedValidated24 May
Consult.Consultation7 Oct
TargetTarget Date22 Dec
DecidedDecided22 Dec

Decided in 212 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at School House Ashford Road Harrietsham Maidstone Kent ME17 1AJ. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 212 days, 22 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,307 applications in total for the ME17 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: ME17 1AJ
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Harrietsham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 May 2022
Consultation expiry: 7 October 2022
Last date for comments: 7 October 2022
Target decision date: 22 December 2022
Committee meeting: 15 December 2022
Permission expires: 19 December 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 139 Kipling Avenue Brighton BN2 6UF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 212 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 16 September 2022
Site notice end: 7 October 2022

Appeal

Appeal reference: 23/500102/REF
Appeal status: Appeal decided
Appeal result: Appeal Dismissed and or Notice Upheld

Appeal history

3317048

Dismissed

Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 October 2023Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11217004
Documents: 52

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation Order: 5001/2021/TPOPart of the site · +2 more
Brownfield land register: 12/2 140Register site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Associated applications

2022
24 May
Erection of three detached dwellings. Creation of a new access. (Resubmission of 21/504810/FULL
This applicationRefusedFull22/502176/FULL
2021
6 Oct
Erection of four detached dwellings with associated access and parking.
RefusedFullPart of21/504810/FULL
2021
5 Oct
Retrospective application for temporary siting of a caravan and security hoarding to front of property for a…
RefusedFullFiled alongside21/503384/FULL

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Mid Kent

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