74 King Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1BH
Proposal
Change of use of existing hotel to an 18 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis) with a maximum occupancy of 18 people. Internal alterations, replacement of basement door with new window, conversion of maintenance store into a cycle store with new door, provision of new cycle and refuse storage, and proposed landscaping.
- Received
- 26 October 2022
- Decided
- 21 December 2022 · Application Permitted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- High Street
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- ReceivedSubmitted26 Oct
- ValidatedValidated26 Oct
- Consult.Consultation1 Dec
- TargetTarget Date21 Dec
- DecidedDecided21 Dec
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 74 King Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1BH. Mid Kent has handled 5,203 applications of this type and approves 84% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across High Street. We hold 1,515 applications in total for the ME14 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 202226 Oct
Change of use of existing hotel to an 18 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis) with a maximum occupancy of 18 people…
This applicationApprovedFull22/504740/FULL - 202226 Oct
Listed Consent for conversion of existing hotel to an 18 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis), including internal…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside22/504741/LBC
Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20257 Jan
Submission of details pursuant to conditions 5 (noise levels), and 6 (defensible space), subject to…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/500009/SUB - 202424 Jul
Submission of details pursuant to conditions 3b (Internal Works Schedule) and 3c (Proposed Drainage Details)…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/503082/SUB - 202317 Mar
Change of use from existing hotel to a 19 bedroom HMO (Sui Generis) with a maximum occupancy of 36 people…
ApprovedFull23/501040/FULL - 202317 Mar
Listed Building Consent for conversion of existing hotel to a 19 bedroom HMO. Internal alterations and…
ApprovedListed building consent23/501041/LBC - 202118 Aug
Conversion of hotel to 9no. residential units, including internal and external alterations. Conversion of…
ApprovedFull21/504285/FULL - 202128 Jul
Listed Building Consent associated with conversion of The Townhouse Hotel to provide 9 no. residential units.
ApprovedListed building consent21/504012/LBC
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 15/504748Register site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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