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3 Somerfield Cottage Somerfield Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8JJ

26/500674/SUBSubmission of DetailsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Submission of details pursuant to condition 4 (Ecology Enhancements), subject to application 25/504194/FULL.

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Palace Wood
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 3 Somerfield Cottage Somerfield Road Maidstone Kent ME16 8JJ. Mid Kent has handled 2,051 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Palace Wood. We hold 799 applications in total for the ME16 postcode area.

94% of conditions 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 8JJ
Application type
Submission of Details
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Unparished

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Target decision date
27 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FOA Mr Lesley Bain 2 Tyes Barn Cottages Plawhatch Lane Sharpthorne West Sussex RH19 4JH

Planning decision

Statutory period
63 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    23 Feb

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 4 (Ecology Enhancements), subject to application 25/504194/FULL

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions26/500674/SUB
  2. 2025
    17 Oct

    Erection of a single storey orangery extension including 1no. rooflight.

    ApprovedFullPart of25/504194/FULL

Source: Mid Kent

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