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42 Shearwater Maidstone Kent ME16 0DW

26/501547/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 8 July 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Garage conversion to habitable room. (Retrospective)

Received
30 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Palace Wood
  1. Received30 Apr
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target8 Jul
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 42 Shearwater Maidstone Kent ME16 0DW. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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 0DW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2026
Consultation expiry
1 July 2026
Last date for comments
1 July 2026
Target decision date
8 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO. Mr Jonathan Cook 8 Beatty Cottages Stoke Road Allhallows ROCHESTER ME3 9PE

Planning decision

Statutory period
69 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 June 2026
Site notice end
1 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14877791
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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