The Cemetery Lodge 46 Bell Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4EB
Approved on 31 July 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of detached garage/store to ancillary annexe, with replacement of garage doors with a window. Internal alterations to include upper floor internal partition to create habitable space and reconstruction of floor with insulation. Extension of external stone wall to fully enclose the site
- Received
- 18 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Homewood
- ReceivedReceived18 Mar
- ValidatedValidated18 Mar
- Consult.Consultation5 May
- TargetTarget Date4 Aug
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 135 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at The Cemetery Lodge 46 Bell Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4EB. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 11 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Homewood. We hold 2,142 applications in total for the ME10 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
- ME10 4EB
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 May 2025
- Last date for comments
- 5 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 4 August 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 139 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 March 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 April 2025
- Site notice start
- 14 April 2025
- Site notice end
- 5 May 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13810743
- Documents
- 29
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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Associated applications
- 202517 Sep
Submission of details pursuant to conditions 4 (plans, elevations and sections for replacement window set)…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/503842/SUB - 202518 Mar
Conversion of detached garage/store to ancillary annexe, with replacement of garage doors with a window…
This applicationApprovedFull25/500840/FULL
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