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33 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8RX

24/503337/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 13 December 2024

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first floor to create 3no. flats. Alterations to the ground floor commercial unit to improve layout and accessibility, including new disabled ramp/access to the rear of the site. Creation of new access and egress, and associated landscaping and parking.

Received
30 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fant And Oakwood
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated30 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Dec
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided13 Dec

Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 33 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8RX. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Fant And Oakwood. We hold 799 applications in total for the ME16 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
ME16 8RX
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 August 2024
Consultation expiry
17 October 2024
Last date for comments
2 December 2024
Target decision date
13 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Donncha Murphy 1 Newmans Mall Kinsale P17 F882 Ireland

Planning decision

Statutory period
105 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 September 2024
Advertisement expiry
3 October 2024
Site notice start
26 September 2024
Site notice end
17 October 2024

Appeal history

3367413
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 23 February 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13320645
Documents
82

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    30 Aug

    Change of use of first floor to create 3no. flats. Alterations to the ground floor commercial unit to improve…

    This applicationRefusedFull24/503337/FULL
  2. 2024
    30 Aug

    Listed Building Consent for conversion of first floor to create 3no. flats. Alterations to the ground floor…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside24/503338/LBC

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