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St Luke's House 16 St Luke's Road Maidstone Kent ME14 5AW

24/501466/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 24 June 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from residential C3 on ground and first floor to F1(f)/F2(b) church and community rooms with ancillary offices.

Received
29 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penenden Heath
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.30 May
  4. Target24 Jun
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at St Luke's House 16 St Luke's Road Maidstone Kent ME14 5AW. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Penenden Heath. We hold 1,569 applications in total for the ME14 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
ME14 5AW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2024
Consultation expiry
30 May 2024
Last date for comments
30 May 2024
Target decision date
24 June 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 May 2024
Advertisement expiry
30 May 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12907350
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Church of St LukeOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 7/1973Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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, 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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