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29A Forstal Cottages Forstal Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7AH

25/501795/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 16 July 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of guest house office (Class C1) to an Estate Agents (Class E).

Received
22 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boxley Downs
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.19 Jun
  4. Target17 Jul
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 29A Forstal Cottages Forstal Road Aylesford Kent ME20 7AH. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Boxley Downs. We hold 648 applications in total for the ME20 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
ME20 7AH
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Boxley

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2025
Last date for comments
19 June 2025
Target decision date
17 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Basant Chopra Arise Innovation Hub BIC211 Alan Cherry Drive Chelmsford Essex CM1 1QT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13983438
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Kent

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