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Downtown Victorias Leisure Ashford Road Harrietsham Kent ME17 1BL

25/500520/PNTNotification for Prior Approval Class TApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 April 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification for the proposed change of use from a restaurant (Use Class E(b)) to a state-funded special educational needs school (Use Class F1). For its prior approval to: - Transport and Highways impacts of the development. - Noise impacts of the development. - Contamination risks on the site.

Received
12 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Downtown Victorias Leisure Ashford Road Harrietsham Kent ME17 1BL. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 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
ME17 1BL
Application type
Notification for Prior Approval Class T
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2025
Last date for comments
10 March 2025
Target decision date
9 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Miss Chloe Berkhauer-Smith Chart House 10 Western Road Borough Green Kent TN15 8AG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13678557
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 12/1993Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    11 Dec

    Demolition of existing building and erection of 4no. detached three-bedroom chalet style dwellings and…

    ApprovedFull23/505615/FULL
  2. 2023
    24 May

    Demolition of existing building and erection of 4no. detached three bedroom chalet style dwellings.

    RefusedFull23/502239/FULL
  3. 2023
    1 Mar

    Retrospective application for the temporary change of use of the building and surrounding land to car sales…

    ApprovedFull23/500881/FULL
  4. 2022
    1 Apr

    Retrospective application for a change of use of part of restaurant building (Class E(b)) into two separate…

    WithdrawnFull22/501308/FULL
  5. 2021
    6 Dec

    Demolition of existing nightclub building and erection of 5no. new four bedroom dwellings with associated…

    RefusedFull21/506206/FULL
  6. 2008
    31 Jan

    Erection of a single storey front and side extension as shown on drawings 10015/01

    ApprovedFull08/0175

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