26 Week Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1RN
Proposal
Section 73 - Application for variation of condition 6 (to expand the uses permitted to include retail (Class E(a)) and restaurant (Class E(b))) pursuant to 16/502916/FULL for - Three storey building fronting onto Week Street with a single storey return to the rear to provide retail and ancillary accommodation. A new shop front and signage fronting onto Week Street.
- Received
- 13 June 2025
- Decided
- 13 August 2025 · Application Permitted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- High Street
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- ReceivedReceived13 Jun
- ValidatedValidated13 Jun
- Consult.Consultation18 Jul
- TargetTarget Date13 Aug
- DecidedDecided13 Aug
Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for signage at 26 Week Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1RN. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type and approves 84% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Mid Kent's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across High Street. We hold 1,533 applications in total for the ME14 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
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- Listed building: Grade II: Water Pump Situated in Passage Beside No 22On or next to this site · +1 more
- Article 4 direction: The Maidstone Town Centre Primary Shopping Area
- Brownfield land register: 08/1057Register site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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