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La Torre Boxley Road Walderslade Kent ME5 9JE

23/504229/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 24 November 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing 3no. flats to a single residential dwelling, including erection of 2no. rear and 1no. front dormers, and erection of 1no. detached dwelling with associated parking.

Received
20 September 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Boxley
  1. Received20 Sep
  2. Validated20 Sep
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at La Torre Boxley Road Walderslade Kent ME5 9JE. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days 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 479 applications in total for the ME5 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
ME5 9JE
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Boxley

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 September 2023
Last date for comments
13 October 2023
Target decision date
24 November 2023
Committee meeting
16 November 2023
Permission expires
23 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Colin Smith 146 Brambletye Park Road Redhill RH1 6ED

Planning decision

Statutory period
65 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12458894
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Land to south-west of Lordswood LanePart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1/1972Part of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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© 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.

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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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