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Land To Rear Of 14 To 16 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8RP

25/501957/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 17 November 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a three storey building for 5no. residential flats, comprising 1no. one bedroom unit, 2no. two bedroom units and 2no. three bedroom units, with associated access and 14no. parking spaces.

Received
14 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Allington And Bridge
  1. Received14 May
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 187 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land To Rear Of 14 To 16 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8RP. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 187 days, 19 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
ME16 8RP
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2025
Last date for comments
6 June 2025
Target decision date
17 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Chris Cowley 30 Providence Street Greenhithe Dartford Kent DA9 9AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
187 days

Additional information

Documents
49

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 15/503091Register site at or near this address · +2 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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