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8 Somerset Road Maidstone Kent ME15 7EJ

25/501672/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 19 June 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a single storey rear extension including 2no. roof lights.

Received
28 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shepway
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.24 Jun
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided19 Jun

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 8 Somerset Road Maidstone Kent ME15 7EJ. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Shepway. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 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
ME15 7EJ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2025
Consultation expiry
30 May 2025
Last date for comments
24 June 2025
Target decision date
23 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Harrow Cottage 22 Horseshoes Lane Langley Kent ME17 1TD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 May 2025
Site notice end
30 May 2025

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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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