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68 Waterlow Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2TP

23/503568/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 November 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed use of the dwellinghouse (Class C3) as a low-level use children's home (Class C2) for up to 2 children together with adult carers working on a shift basis.

Received
3 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at 68 Waterlow Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2TP. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 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. We hold 1,569 applications in total for the ME14 postcode area.

83% of outline 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
ME14 2TP
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2023
Target decision date
24 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
113 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12315907
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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