Former Royal Mail Sorting Office Sandling Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2RJ

26/501850/SUBPending Decision

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Submission of details pursuant to condition 11(a) (Geo-archaeological field evaluation) (b) (geo-archaeological and Palaeolithic investigation) (c) ( programme of post excavation assessment and publication) and Condition 12 (a) (archaeological field evaluation) (b) (archaeological investigation) (c) (programme of post excavation assessment and publication) subject to application 23/504552/FULL.

Received: 13 May 2026
Council: Maidstone Borough Council

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

ReceivedSubmitted13 May
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

This is a planning application at Former Royal Mail Sorting Office Sandling Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2RJ. Mid Kent has handled 11,517 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 13 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 1,515 applications in total for the ME14 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

26/501850/SUB

Address

Former Royal Mail Sorting Office Sandling Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2RJ

Postcode

ME14 2RJ

Local Authority

Mid Kent

Decision Status

Undecided

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Submitted

13 May 2026

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.281906, 0.519052

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Mid Kent

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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

Listed building: Grade II: 77 and 78, Sandling RoadOn or next to this site · +3 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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1.2 miMaidstone
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11.8 miLongfield
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12.7 miGravesend
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