Former Royal Mail Sorting Office Sandling Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2RJ
Proposal
Submission of details pursuant to condition 28- External Lighting layout - in relation to planning permission 23/504552/FULL.
- Received
- 26 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 August 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Penenden Heath
- ReceivedSubmitted26 Jun
- ValidatedValidated26 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date21 Aug
- DecidedDecided
This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Royal Mail Sorting Office Sandling Road Maidstone Kent ME14 2RJ. Mid Kent has handled 2,039 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 26 June 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. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Penenden Heath. We hold 1,515 applications in total for the ME14 postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Mid Kent
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Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202613 Oct
Submission of details pursuant to condition 18 - Boundary Treatment, Subject to 23/504552/FULL
PendingDischarge of conditions26/503915/SUB - 202613 Oct
Submission of details pursuant to condition 13-(surface water drainage scheme) subject to 23/504552/FULL
PendingDischarge of conditions26/503913/SUB - 202621 Aug
Submission of details pursuant to condition 8-(Construction Management Plan) subject to 23/504552/FULL
PendingDischarge of conditions26/503229/SUB - 202621 Aug
Submission of details pursuant to condition 7-(Waste Management Plan) subject to 23/504552/FULL
PendingDischarge of conditions26/503228/SUB - 202621 Aug
Submission of detals pursuant to condition 10-(method statement/risk assessment) subject to 23/504552/FULL
PendingApplication26/503230/SUB - 202631 Jul
Submission of details pursuant to condition 17 - Hard Landscaping, Subject to 23/504552/FULL
PendingDischarge of conditions26/502926/SUB - 202613 May
Submission of details pursuant to condition 11(a) (Geo-archaeological field evaluation) (b)…
PendingDischarge of conditions26/501850/SUB - 20258 Sep
Submission of details for a partial discharge of condition 11 part (a) (geo-archaeological field evaluation…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/503735/SUB
Planning constraints
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 (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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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 2026-10-09. 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.
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A listed building is on or next to this site.
- 1.2 miMaidstoneRTPI
- 11.8 miLongfieldRTPI
- 12.7 miGravesendRICS Regulated
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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