Land North Of Old Ashford Road Lenham Kent

25/504381/SUBSubmission of DetailsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 December 2025

Council decision: Split - Part Allowed/Part RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Submission of details pursuant to conditions 3 (proposed slab level details) and 5 (surface water drainage scheme), subject to Phase 2 of 17/500357/HYBRID.

Received: 24 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs

ReceivedReceived24 Oct
ValidatedValidated24 Oct
Consult.Consultation19 Nov
TargetTarget Date19 Dec
DecidedDecided16 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Land North Of Old Ashford Road Lenham Kent. Mid Kent has handled 2,051 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications 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.

94% of conditions 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 2PH
Application type: Submission of Details
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Lenham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 October 2025
Last date for comments: 19 November 2025
Target decision date: 19 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO: Mr Les West 4 Bolton Gardens Teddington TW11 9AY

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14409860
Documents: 43

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Lenham Village
Listed building: Grade II: Court Lodge CottageOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Lenham Conservation Area
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Stodmarsh SAC/SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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, 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.

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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.

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Mid Kent

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