10 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8RP
Approved on 25 June 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior notification for the change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 2no. flats (Use Class C3). For its prior approval to: Transport impacts of the development, particularly to ensure safe site access - Contamination risks in relation to the building - Flooding risks in relation to the building - Impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development - Where the building is located in a conservation area, and the development involves a change of use of the whole or part of the ground floor, the impact of that change of use on the character or sustainability of the conservation area - The provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses - The impact on intended occupiers of the development of the introduction of residential use in an area the authority considers to be important for general or heavy industry, waste management, storage and distribution, or a mix of such uses; and where the development involves the loss of services provided by a registered nursery, or a health centre maintained under section 2 or 3 of the National Health Service Act -The impact on the local provision of the type of services lost - Where the development meets the fire risk condition, the fire safety impacts on the intended occupants of the building.
- Received
- 30 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Allington And Bridge
- ReceivedReceived30 Apr
- ValidatedValidated30 Apr
- Consult.Consultation6 Jun
- TargetTarget Date25 Jun
- DecidedDecided25 Jun
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 10 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8RP. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Allington And Bridge. We hold 799 applications in total for the ME16 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
- ME16 8RP
- Application type
- Prior Notification Class MA
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 6 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 June 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mrs Hayley Richardson Unit 55 Waterham Business Park Waterham ME13 9EJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 6 June 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13974894
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: 15/503091Register site at or near this address · +3 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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 and heritage coasts.
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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202612 Jan
Change of use from office and 1(no) flat to 10-bedroom House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) and 1(no) basement…
ApprovedFull26/500105/FULL - 202520 Aug
Submission of details pursuant to conditions: 4 (materials); 5 (sustainability); and 6 (ecological…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/503488/SUB - 202512 Aug
Submission of details pursuant to conditions: 7 (travel information pack): 8 (bicycle storage): 9 (bin…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/503374/SUB - 20252 Apr
Change of use from office and 1(no) flat to 9-bedroom House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) and 1(no) basement…
ApprovedFull25/501315/FULL
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