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Oakwood Manor Headcorn Road Sutton Valence Kent ME17 3EL

26/500999/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 8 May 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Retrospective application for conversion of ground floor of existing garage to ancillary accommodation, including alterations to fenestration.

Received
16 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Headcorn And Sutton Valence
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Oakwood Manor Headcorn Road Sutton Valence Kent ME17 3EL. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker 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 140 applications across Headcorn And Sutton Valence. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 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
ME17 3EL
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sutton Valence

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Last date for comments
9 April 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Samuel Chalmers-Stevens 77 Commercial Road Paddock Wood TN12 6DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 March 2026
Site notice end
9 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14739380
Documents
10

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.

Source: Mid Kent

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