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23A Maidstone Road Lenham Kent ME17 2QH

25/503345/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 7 October 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations including removal of modern secondary staircase, entrance lobby and cupboard; creation of garden store in resultant space; reopening of blocked primary staircase; removal of modern partitions, doors, kitchen and bathroom fittings at first floor level; insertion of new partitions to form larger bathroom and separate ensuite at first floor level; insert floor and door at first floor level where secondary stair removed, to form store; repairs to existing windows, plastered walls and ceilings; redecoration; new floor coverings; new boiler flue in external wall; new soil and waste connections on rear wall.

Received
8 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 60 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at 23A Maidstone Road Lenham Kent ME17 2QH. Mid Kent has handled 639 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs. We hold 1,307 applications in total for the ME17 postcode area.

68% of heritage 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
ME17 2QH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lenham

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2025
Consultation expiry
11 September 2025
Last date for comments
6 October 2025
Target decision date
3 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr David Wright 68 Bower Mount Road Maidstone ME16 8AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 August 2025
Advertisement expiry
11 September 2025
Site notice start
21 August 2025
Site notice end
11 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14241686
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lenham Village
  • Listed building: Grade II: 21 and 23, Maidstone RoadOn this site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Brownfield land register: 14/502152Register site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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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© 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.

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Source: Mid Kent

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