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60-61 High Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1SR

25/503150/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 15 December 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension to main (front) building, to extend existing third floor, to create 2(no) residential flats; change of use of first floor level, erection of second floor, and new fenestration detailing to rear building to create 8(no) residential flats; and provision of bin and cycle storage.

Received
15 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
High Street
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 60-61 High Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1SR. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across High Street. We hold 1,563 applications in total for the ME14 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
ME14 1SR
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2025
Consultation expiry
16 October 2025
Last date for comments
16 October 2025
Target decision date
15 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
27 Kimberley Avenue Ilford IG2 7AR

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 September 2025
Advertisement expiry
16 October 2025
Site notice start
17 September 2025
Site notice end
8 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14179538
Documents
62

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Maidstone, Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 57, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 17/503772Register site at or near this address · +2 more
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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

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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