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73-75 High Street Queenborough Kent ME11 5AG

23/502901/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 13 October 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from commercial to 2no. residential apartments, including raising of roof, installation of new bi fold doors, erection of balcony to the creekside elevation, and new roof terrace with enclosed staircase (resubmission of 22/505921/FULL).

Received
21 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queenborough And Halfway
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.27 Sep
  4. Target22 Sep
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 114 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 73-75 High Street Queenborough Kent ME11 5AG. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 8 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the Queenborough conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Queenborough And Halfway. We hold 6 applications in total for the ME11 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
ME11 5AG
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Queenborough

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 June 2023
Consultation expiry
27 July 2023
Last date for comments
27 September 2023
Target decision date
22 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Innovation House Discovery Park Innovation Way Sandwich CT13 9ND

Planning decision

Statutory period
93 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 July 2023
Advertisement expiry
27 July 2023
Site notice start
3 July 2023
Site notice end
24 July 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
24/500048/REF
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed and or Notice Upheld

Appeal history

3334751
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 23 September 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12203333
Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Queenborough
  • Listed building: Grade II: 77, High StreetOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: Queenborough Social Club, North Road, Queenborough, Kent, ME11 5ENRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

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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