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Belmont House And Gardens Belmont Park Belmont Park Throwley Kent ME13 0HH

24/504031/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 16 May 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Refurbishment and conversion of existing former stables into a cafe and visitor toilets, conversion of office and store into a new gallery space, conversion of bin and store into a 2 bed apartment for estate staff. Conversion of store into a office space including erection of replacement timber gates, insertion of roof lights and changes to fenestration. Relandscaping of the original late 18th century service courtyard and creation of new service yard with parking, permeable access path, demolition of 20th century wall and provision of cycle and bin store.

Received
1 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Downs
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target16 May
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 227 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Belmont House And Gardens Belmont Park Belmont Park Throwley Kent ME13 0HH. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 227 days, 24 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across East Downs. We hold 1,016 applications in total for the ME13 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
ME13 0HH
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Throwley

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2024
Consultation expiry
11 November 2024
Last date for comments
31 March 2025
Target decision date
16 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
9 The Precincts Canterbury CT1 2EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
227 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 October 2024
Advertisement expiry
31 October 2024
Site notice start
21 October 2024
Site notice end
11 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13420148
Documents
91

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Registered park and garden: Belmont Park
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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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