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The Cottage Frinsted Road Milstead Kent ME9 0SA

26/500255/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 12 March 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing garages and erection of replacement garage barn.

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Downs
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Cottage Frinsted Road Milstead Kent ME9 0SA. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the Milstead conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across West Downs. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 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
ME9 0SA
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Milstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Last date for comments
26 February 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Keith Plumb 53 Woodstock Road Sittingbourne ME10 4HJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
26 February 2026
Site notice start
3 February 2026
Site notice end
24 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14641926
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Milstead
  • Listed building: Grade II: The CottageOn this site · +1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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.

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.

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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