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Lorenden Preparatory School Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Kent ME13 0EN

23/501650/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 18 July 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a single storey, self contained music building and an all weather sports pitch.

Received
28 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Downs
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.14 Jun
  4. Target28 Jul
  5. Decided18 Jul

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Lorenden Preparatory School Painters Forstal Road Ospringe Kent ME13 0EN. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehill conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across East Downs. We hold 1,016 applications in total for the ME13 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
ME13 0EN
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Ospringe

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2023
Consultation expiry
8 June 2023
Last date for comments
14 June 2023
Target decision date
28 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Saull White Lavinia House Scarborough Drive Minster On Sea Isle Of Sheppey Sheerness ME12 2LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 May 2023
Advertisement expiry
8 June 2023
Site notice start
12 May 2023
Site notice end
2 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12062869
Documents
35

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: WhitehillPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Source: Mid Kent

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