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School House Ashford Road Harrietsham Maidstone Kent ME17 1AJ

24/500239/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 15 August 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 3no. self-build dwellings with associated access and parking

Received
8 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
  1. Received8 Feb
  2. Validated8 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target15 Aug
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 554 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at School House Ashford Road Harrietsham Maidstone Kent ME17 1AJ. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 554 days, 71 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs. We hold 1,307 applications in total for the ME17 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
ME17 1AJ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Harrietsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 February 2024
Consultation expiry
20 March 2024
Last date for comments
7 August 2025
Target decision date
15 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
139 Kipling Avenue Brighton BN2 6UF

Planning decision

Statutory period
554 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 February 2024
Site notice end
20 March 2024

Additional information

Documents
51

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: 5001/2021/TPOPart of the site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 12/2 140Register site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    24 May

    Erection of three detached dwellings. Creation of a new access. (Resubmission of 21/504810/FULL

    RefusedFull22/502176/FULL
  2. 2022
    8 Feb

    Retrospective application for temporary siting of a caravan and security hoarding to front of property for a…

    ApprovedFull22/500204/FULL
  3. 2021
    6 Oct

    Erection of four detached dwellings with associated access and parking.

    RefusedFull21/504810/FULL
  4. 2021
    5 Oct

    Retrospective application for temporary siting of a caravan and security hoarding to front of property for a…

    RefusedFull21/503384/FULL
  5. 2013
    4 Jan

    Application for a new planning permission to replace extant planning permission MA/08/1767

    ApprovedFull12/2140
  6. 2009
    12 Aug

    Residential development of Harrietsham old school site, including the refurbishment of the existing main…

    ApprovedFull08/1767

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