21 Birling Avenue Bearsted Kent ME14 4AT

25/500446/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 4 April 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Removal of the existing conifer hedge and erection of a 1.95m high boundary fence 1m away from the western boundary adjacent to Hampson Way.

Received: 7 February 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Bearsted And Downswood

ReceivedReceived7 Feb
ValidatedValidated7 Feb
Consult.Consultation21 Mar
TargetTarget Date4 Apr
DecidedDecided4 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 21 Birling Avenue Bearsted Kent ME14 4AT. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,560 applications in total for the ME14 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: ME14 4AT
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bearsted

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 February 2025
Consultation expiry: 21 March 2025
Last date for comments: 21 March 2025
Target decision date: 4 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO: Mrs Helen Smith 76 Fauchons Lane Maidstone Kent ME14 4AY

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 28 February 2025
Site notice end: 21 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13742946
Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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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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.

Source: Mid Kent

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