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85 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8JN

25/502257/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 20 November 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a 6 Bedroom 6 Person HMO (Class C4) to an 8 Bedroom 8 Person HMO (Sui Generis), including erection of 3no. timber bin stores and 4no. timber cycle stores.

Received
17 July 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Fant And Oakwood
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 126 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 85 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8JN. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 10 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Fant And Oakwood. 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 8JN
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2025
Consultation expiry
3 September 2025
Last date for comments
3 September 2025
Target decision date
20 November 2025
Committee meeting
13 November 2025
Permission expires
20 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Eralp Semi 214 Footscray Road New Eltham SE9 2EL

Planning decision

Statutory period
126 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 July 2025
Advertisement expiry
21 August 2025
Site notice start
13 August 2025
Site notice end
3 September 2025

Appeal history

6003070
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 March 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14061497
Documents
14

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    17 Jul

    Change of use from a 6 Bedroom 6 Person HMO (Class C4) to an 8 Bedroom 8 Person HMO (Sui Generis), including…

    This applicationRefusedFull25/502257/FULL
  2. 2025
    14 Jul

    Lawful Development Certificate for proposed change of use from Class C4 (Small HMO) to Class Sui Generis…

    RefusedLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Filed alongside25/502925/LAWPRO

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