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The Vale Nursing Home 191 Willington Street Maidstone Kent ME15 8ED

25/504049/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 7 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Section 73 - Application for variation of condition 21 (to allow ground floor apartments only to be required to comply with Part M4 (2)) pursuant to 23/503025/FULL for - Change of use of existing care home to 11no. residential apartments, including erection of 2no. first floor extensions, an additional rear dormer, alterations to fenestration, and associated parking, landscaping, amenity space and secure bin/cycle storage.

Received
8 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bearsted And Downswood
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at The Vale Nursing Home 191 Willington Street Maidstone Kent ME15 8ED. 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. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Bearsted And Downswood. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 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
ME15 8ED
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
11

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2025
Consultation expiry
6 November 2025
Last date for comments
6 November 2025
Target decision date
7 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Peter Hadley Robinson Escott Planning Downe House 303 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
6 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14367610
Documents
23

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    7 May

    Submission of details pursuant to conditions 3 (construction management plan) and 15 (external lighting…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/501738/SUB
  2. 2025
    8 Oct

    Section 73 - Application for variation of condition 21 (to allow ground floor apartments only to be required…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/504049/FULL

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