McDonald's Restaurant 2 - 8 Hart Street Maidstone Kent ME16 8QX
Refused on 15 June 2026
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Section 73 application: Variation of condition 7 (to allow for operation of restaurant from 06:00hrs-02:00hrs every day) pursuant to application 14/504694/FULL (Variation of condition 20 of MA/13/0921 [Partial demolition of car dealership and construction of two-storey restaurant with associated drive-thru, car parking and associated works] to allow minor-material amendments).
- Received
- 20 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Fant And Oakwood
- ReceivedReceived20 Apr
- ValidatedValidated20 Apr
- Consult.Consultation28 May
- TargetTarget Date15 Jun
- DecidedDecided15 Jun
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at McDonald's Restaurant 2 - 8 Hart Street Maidstone Kent ME16 8QX. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Fant And Oakwood. 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 8QX
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 28 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 28 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Ms Monika Somogyi Savills (UK) Limited Belvedere 12 Booth Street Manchester M2 4AW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 May 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 May 2026
- Site notice start
- 1 May 2026
- Site notice end
- 22 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14814240
- Documents
- 25
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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Source: Mid Kent
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