15-17 King Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1BA
Proposal
Change of use of part of ground floor and whole of first floor to a co-living HMO (Sui Generis) comprising 20no. bedrooms, associated communal facilities and bin and bike storage, including erection of a mansard roof to form second floor and insertion of 11no. front and side dormers.
- Received
- 11 June 2024
- Decided
- 10 September 2024 · Application Refused
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- High Street
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- ReceivedSubmitted11 Jun
- ValidatedValidated11 Jun
- Consult.Consultation11 Jul
- TargetTarget Date10 Sep
- DecidedDecided10 Sep
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 15-17 King Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1BA. Mid Kent has handled 5,203 applications of this type and approves 84% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Mid Kent's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across High Street. We hold 1,515 applications in total for the ME14 postcode area.
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- 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.
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