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St Bartholomews Church Sheppey Way Bobbing Kent ME9 8PL

24/504990/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 19 February 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent for minor alterations within church graveyard - landscaping works to add to the existing Memorial Garden. Erection of a wedding arbour with paving slabs. Alterations to existing children's garden including erection of a 200mm log wall, log pile, bug hotel and landscaping. Siting of a memorial stone, circle and rectangular bases for wheelchair turning circle and benches including new black tarmac access paths.

Received
11 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bobbing, Iwade And Lower Halstow
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target20 Feb
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at St Bartholomews Church Sheppey Way Bobbing Kent ME9 8PL. Mid Kent has handled 639 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Bobbing, Iwade And Lower Halstow. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 postcode area.

68% of heritage 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
ME9 8PL
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bobbing

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2024
Consultation expiry
13 January 2025
Last date for comments
13 January 2025
Target decision date
20 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Wayne Murray Unit D3 Eurolink Commercial Park Bonham Drive Sittingbourne ME10 3RY

Planning decision

Statutory period
71 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 December 2024
Advertisement expiry
9 January 2025
Site notice start
23 December 2024
Site notice end
13 January 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13596360
Documents
20

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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© 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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