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Beech Court Lested Lane Chart Sutton Kent ME17 3RZ

26/502469/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 1 September 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Erection of garage and addition of associated access at far end of the garden and demolition of existing garage.

Received
6 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boughton Monchelsea And Chart Sutton
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Beech Court Lested Lane Chart Sutton Kent ME17 3RZ. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Boughton Monchelsea And Chart Sutton. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed garage, by reason of its excessive scale, footprint, height, bulk and massing, together with its siting at the far end of the residential garden and the associated long access track, would fail to appear as a subordinate and ancillary domestic outbuilding. The development would result in a dominant, visually intrusive and urbanising form of development that would harm the rural character and appearance of the site, diminish the openness of the garden setting, and fail to respond positively to the local character of the area. The proposal would therefore be contrary to Policies LPRSP15 and LPRHOU2 of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan Review 2021-2038 and the guidance contained within paragraphs 5.28 to 5.33 of the Residential Extensions Supplementary Planning Document, and the aims and objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework. MKPS – Working in Partnership with:Maidstone Borough Council Please Note: All planning related correspondence for MBC should be sent to: Mid Kent Planning Support, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone ME15 6JQ Email: planningsupport@midkent.gov.uk The Council’s approach to this application: In accordance with paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), the Council takes a

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
ME17 3RZ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chart Sutton

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2026
Target decision date
31 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14687124
Documents
9

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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