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Hm Prison Maidstone County Road Maidstone Kent ME14 1UZ

26/500252/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 17 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fire safety upgrade works including forming a new fire exit, replacing and/or upgrading fire doors and upgrades to fire alarms and emergency lighting.

Received
10 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penenden Heath
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Hm Prison Maidstone County Road Maidstone Kent ME14 1UZ. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Penenden Heath. We hold 1,569 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 1UZ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Consultation expiry
12 March 2026
Last date for comments
12 March 2026
Target decision date
17 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Jason Ralph 6-7 Culverin Square Limberline Road Portsmouth PO3 5BU

Planning decision

Statutory period
66 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
12 March 2026
Site notice start
17 February 2026
Site notice end
10 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14642092
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, 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
    10 Feb

    Fire safety upgrade works including forming a new fire exit, replacing and/or upgrading fire doors and…

    This applicationApprovedFull26/500252/FULL
  2. 2026
    10 Feb

    Listed Building Consent for fire safety upgrade works including forming a new fire exit, replacing and/or…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside26/500253/LBC

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