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Hm Prison East Sutton Park Sutton Valence Kent ME17 3DF

25/500411/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 28 March 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent for installation of solar panels and Man Safe walkway system to buildings 018.09 & 018.28, and change of roof covering and ridge finish to buildings 018.21-23 to Joriside Sinusoidal Composite insulated roofing panels.

Received
31 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Headcorn And Sutton Valence
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a solar installation at Hm Prison East Sutton Park Sutton Valence Kent ME17 3DF. Mid Kent has handled 639 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Headcorn And Sutton Valence. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 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
ME17 3DF
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Sutton

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2025
Consultation expiry
13 March 2025
Last date for comments
13 March 2025
Target decision date
28 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Kerry Fox GBS Architects St Thomas House 6 Becket Street Oxford OX1 1PP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
13 March 2025
Site notice start
14 February 2025
Site notice end
7 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13740136
Documents
19

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.

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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: Mid Kent

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