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23 Usborne Close Staplehurst Kent TN12 0LD

26/500323/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed new driveway with the addition of a retaining wall.

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Staplehurst
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 23 Usborne Close Staplehurst Kent TN12 0LD. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Staplehurst. We hold 1,127 applications in total for the TN12 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
TN12 0LD
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Staplehurst

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Target decision date
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Wool Store Fullers Way Biddenden Ashford Kent TN27 8FQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14655491
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: StaplehurstPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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

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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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