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Hillside Pilgrims Way Harrietsham Kent ME17 1BU

25/504834/LDCEXLawful Development Cert. (Existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 13 February 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for the existing use of a building for the storage of household items and the associated land as residential curtilage, for a period in excess of 10 years.

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Hillside Pilgrims Way Harrietsham Kent ME17 1BU. Mid Kent has handled 419 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. 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 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 postcode area.

83% of amendment 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 1BU
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Existing)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Harrietsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Target decision date
13 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Ancient woodland: Cole Danes Wood/Elder HolePart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.

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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