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Land To Rear Of 14 To 16 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8RP

26/500469/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 20 April 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a block of flats containing 2 x 2 bedroom apartments and 2 x 1-bedroom apartments with associated garages and parking spaces.

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Allington And Bridge
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land To Rear Of 14 To 16 Tonbridge Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8RP. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Allington And Bridge. We hold 799 applications in total for the ME16 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
ME16 8RP
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
15 April 2026
Last date for comments
15 April 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Chris Cowley 30 Providence Street Greenhithe Dartford Kent DA99AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 March 2026
Site notice end
15 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14590285
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 11/2 128Register site at or near this address · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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