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The Grange Ashford Road Lenham Maidstone Kent ME17 2DA

24/503245/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 3 October 2024

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a self build new detached dwelling following demolition of existing property and associated hard and soft landscaping.

Received
8 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.27 Sep
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Grange Ashford Road Lenham Maidstone Kent ME17 2DA. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2DA
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2024
Last date for comments
27 September 2024
Target decision date
3 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Simon McKay Unit 4, The Old Granary Strettit Farm Snoll Hatch Road East Peckham TN12 5EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

3357159
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 May 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13257263
Documents
32

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1/1976Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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© 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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Source: Mid Kent

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