Land Adj. Westfield House Old Lidsing Road Lidsing Kent ME7 3NH
Refused on 30 August 2023
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of land for the stationing of caravans for residential purposes, including the siting of 1no. mobile home, 1no. touring caravan, erection of a storage building and laying of hardstanding, with associated parking and cycle and refuse storage (retrospective).
- Received
- 18 April 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Boxley Downs
- ReceivedReceived18 Apr
- ValidatedValidated18 Apr
- Consult.Consultation10 May
- TargetTarget Date30 Aug
- DecidedDecided30 Aug
Decided in 134 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land Adj. Westfield House Old Lidsing Road Lidsing Kent ME7 3NH. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 11 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Boxley Downs. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the ME7 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
- ME7 3NH
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Boxley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 April 2023
- Last date for comments
- 10 May 2023
- Target decision date
- 30 August 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Miss Olivia Lightfoot Unit D Lunesdale Upton Magna Business Park Upton Magna Shrewsbury SY4 4TT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 134 days
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 24/500037/REF
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Allowed and or Notice Quashed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11553938
- Documents
- 34
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Mid Kent
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