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Downtown Victorias Leisure Ashford Road Harrietsham Kent ME17 1BL

23/500881/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 26 May 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for the temporary change of use of the building and surrounding land to car sales, car parts storage and siting of a food truck with timber canopy and 4no. covered seating huts for use as a cafe/takeaway.

Received
1 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham And Lenham
  1. Received1 Mar
  2. Validated1 Mar
  3. Consult.24 May
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Downtown Victorias Leisure Ashford Road Harrietsham Kent ME17 1BL. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,310 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 1BL
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 March 2023
Consultation expiry
24 May 2023
Last date for comments
24 May 2023
Target decision date
26 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mrs Jenna Killeen 40 Woodside Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
86 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 May 2023
Site notice end
24 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11921955
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 12/1993Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    12 Feb

    Prior Notification for the proposed change of use from a restaurant (Use Class E(b)) to a state-funded…

    ApprovedNotification for Prior Approval Class T25/500520/PNT
  2. 2023
    11 Dec

    Demolition of existing building and erection of 4no. detached three-bedroom chalet style dwellings and…

    ApprovedFull23/505615/FULL
  3. 2023
    24 May

    Demolition of existing building and erection of 4no. detached three bedroom chalet style dwellings.

    RefusedFull23/502239/FULL
  4. 2022
    1 Apr

    Retrospective application for a change of use of part of restaurant building (Class E(b)) into two separate…

    WithdrawnFull22/501308/FULL
  5. 2021
    6 Dec

    Demolition of existing nightclub building and erection of 5no. new four bedroom dwellings with associated…

    RefusedFull21/506206/FULL
  6. 2008
    31 Jan

    Erection of a single storey front and side extension as shown on drawings 10015/01

    ApprovedFull08/0175

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