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21 Littlebourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 5QP

26/500271/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful development Certificate for proposed change of use from a C3 to C2 use as a children's home for up to a maximum of 2 children living at the premises with a maximum of 2 adults working a minimum 24 hour shift rota

Received
2 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Grove Green And Vinters Park
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 21 Littlebourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 5QP. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days 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 70 applications across Grove Green And Vinters Park. We hold 1,569 applications in total for the ME14 postcode area.

83% of outline 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 5QP
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Unparished

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Target decision date
15 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
72 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14642681
Documents
13

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.

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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