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4 Woodlands Close Teston Kent ME18 5AL

25/501657/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 June 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for proposed loft conversion including the construction of a rear box dormer and addition of 3no. roof lights to the front elevation.

Received
25 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Barming Heath And Teston
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Jun
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 4 Woodlands Close Teston Kent ME18 5AL. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Barming Heath And Teston. We hold 199 applications in total for the ME18 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
ME18 5AL
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Teston

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2025
Target decision date
20 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Ray Rhodes 2 Northdown Close Maidstone ME14 2ER

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13961484
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: TestonPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 22/2004Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

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© 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.

© 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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