15 Lavender Court Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4TA
Approved on 26 August 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from HMO (class C4) to a children's home (Class C2) and changes to fenestration.
- Received
- 6 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Roman
- ReceivedReceived6 May
- ValidatedValidated6 May
- Consult.Consultation6 Aug
- TargetTarget Date26 Aug
- DecidedDecided26 Aug
Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 15 Lavender Court Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4TA. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Roman. 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 4TA
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 6 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 26 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mr Francis Hur Second Floor 108 Lady Margaret Road London N19 5EX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 112 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 May 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 June 2025
- Site notice start
- 16 July 2025
- Site notice end
- 6 August 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13935386
- Documents
- 25
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: SittingbournePart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20247 Mar
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for the continued use of the existing property as C4 use class…
ApprovedLawful Development Cert. (Existing)24/500976/LDCEX - 202222 Apr
Retrospective application for conversion of garage to habitable space.
ApprovedFull22/500830/FULL - 200223 Oct
Demolition of existing garage and building of a two storey side extension with catslide roof.
ApprovedFullSW/02/1200
Source: Mid Kent
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