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Warehouse Associated With Karebear Kennels Land At Woodside Cottage Old Lidsing Road Lidsing Kent ME7 3NH

24/502798/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 19 September 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of an existing warehouse from B8 Use to flexible commercial use (Class E(g) and B2 Use), including insertion of new door, creation of a wheelchair access, and associated parking.

Received
11 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boxley Downs
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.4 Sep
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided19 Sep

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Warehouse Associated With Karebear Kennels Land At Woodside Cottage Old Lidsing Road Lidsing Kent ME7 3NH. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 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. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Boxley Downs. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the ME7 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
ME7 3NH
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Boxley

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2024
Consultation expiry
4 September 2024
Last date for comments
4 September 2024
Target decision date
20 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr John Collins Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
71 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 August 2024
Site notice end
4 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13130798
Documents
15

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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© 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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    8 Nov

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 5- (enhancement of biodiversity) , 6- (landscape scheme)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/504682/SUB
  2. 2024
    11 Jul

    Change of use of an existing warehouse from B8 Use to flexible commercial use (Class E(g) and B2 Use)…

    This applicationApprovedFull24/502798/FULL

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