5 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8RL

24/504650/REMApproval of Reserved MattersApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 January 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Section 73 Application to amend condition 3 (to increase the internal floor areas of the apartment block housing plots 1A & B and 2A & B and provide a communal garden) pursuant to 20/502081/REM for Amended Reserved Matters of access, appearance, layout and scale of Phase 2 (plots 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B and 3-21 (incl) consisting of 23 dwellings following 17/504144/OUT - for redevelopment with up to 65 dwellings and associated vehicular and pedestrian access, car and cycle parking, street and external lighting, main services, bin stores and other ancillary development (resubmission of 19/504522/REM).

Received: 4 November 2024
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Fant And Oakwood

ReceivedReceived4 Nov
ValidatedValidated4 Nov
Consult.Consultation17 Dec
TargetTarget Date3 Feb
DecidedDecided17 Jan

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 5 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8RL. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 12 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.

83% of outline 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 8RL
Application type: Approval of Reserved Matters
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 23
Parish: Unparished

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 November 2024
Consultation expiry: 17 December 2024
Last date for comments: 17 December 2024
Target decision date: 3 February 2025
Committee meeting: 16 January 2025
Permission expires: 23 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO Mr Andrew Wells Hollywood House 76 Hollywood Lane Wainscott Rochester ME3 8AR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 21 November 2024
Advertisement expiry: 12 December 2024
Site notice start: 26 November 2024
Site notice end: 17 December 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13529273
Documents: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: 16/507491Register site at or near this address · +1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Mid Kent

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