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5 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8RL

24/504651/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 approved plans condition 3 (to increase the internal floor areas of the apartment block housing plots 1A & B and 2A & B and to provide a communal garden and substitute 5 perpendicular parking spaces, to the west of the apartment block, for 2 parallel spaces to provide additional public, green amenity land) 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
Ward
Fant And Oakwood
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided17 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-13529622
Documents
12

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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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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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    30 Oct

    Section 73 - Application for variation of condition 15 (to allow provision of electric vehicle charge points…

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/504160/OUT
  2. 2026
    27 Aug

    Section 73 - Application for minor material amendment to approved plans condition 1 (to allow changes to the…

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/502979/FULL
  3. 2026
    23 Jul

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 15 (EV chargers) subject to 17/504144/OUT

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/502819/SUB
  4. 2026
    12 May

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 17-(Communal areas)) subject to 17/504144/OUT

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/501802/SUB
  5. 2026
    30 Apr

    Submission of details pursuant to conditions 11(iii) (remediation method statement) and 12 (closure report)…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/501656/SUB
  6. 2026
    4 Mar

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 11(iii) (remediation method statement) (Phase 2 only) subject to…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/500806/SUB

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