26 Week Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1RN
Proposal
Change of use from Use Class E to Sui Generis (betting office). External alterations to include;- Installation of 2no. Roof Mounted Air Conditioning Units, installation of 2no. Satelite Dishes positioned on rear wall on the end of the flat roof at parapet roof level and the existing timber shopfront is to be repaired and redecorated.
- Received
- 20 March 2026
- Decided
- 22 May 2026 · Application Permitted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- High Street
- ReceivedReceived20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated20 Mar
- Consult.Consultation11 May
- TargetTarget Date22 May
- DecidedDecided22 May
Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 26 Week Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1RN. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type and approves 84% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Mid Kent's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across High Street. We hold 1,533 applications in total for the ME14 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: The Maidstone Town Centre Primary Shopping Area
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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