Smiths Hall Lower Road West Farleigh Maidstone Kent ME15 0PE
Approved on 6 June 2023
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Listed Building Consent for re-building of damaged boundary wall. (Works commenced)
- Received
- 11 April 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Coxheath And Hunton
- ReceivedReceived11 Apr
- ValidatedValidated11 Apr
- Consult.Consultation18 May
- TargetTarget Date6 Jun
- DecidedDecided6 Jun
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Smiths Hall Lower Road West Farleigh Maidstone Kent ME15 0PE. Mid Kent has handled 639 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 postcode area.
68% of heritage 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
- ME15 0PE
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- West Farleigh
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 April 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 18 May 2023
- Last date for comments
- 18 May 2023
- Target decision date
- 6 June 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO. Mr Maurice Ashenden-Bax Pickering Moor Farm Stape Pickering YO18 8HZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 April 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 May 2023
- Site notice start
- 24 April 2023
- Site notice end
- 15 May 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12082215
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: West FarleighPart of the site
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 21/2008Part of the site
- Ancient woodland: Chestnut GrovePart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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, 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201819 Oct
Trees in Conservation Area application; Tree (1) Variegated Holly - Fell, Trees (2, 3, 4, 5) - Holly - Fell.
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area18/505295/TCA - 20188 May
Tree Preservation Order application to Fell one Horse Chestnut Tree (1) and Fell one Beech Tree (2) as…
ApprovedTree Preservation Order18/502283/TPO
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