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23 Chipstead Close Maidstone Kent ME16 0DH

23/503983/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 November 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for proposed conversion of garage to an accessible bedroom and bathroom, including replacement of garage door with a window.

Received
5 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Allington
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Nov
  5. Decided21 Nov

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 23 Chipstead Close Maidstone Kent ME16 0DH. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 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 799 applications in total for the ME16 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
ME16 0DH
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2023
Target decision date
22 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Philip Entwistle Suit 3 - 2nd Floor Fitted Rigging House The Historical Dockyard Chatham Kent ME4 4TZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
78 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12423126
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

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Mid Kent

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