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56 Union Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1ED

26/502590/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 28 August 2026

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

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

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for the erection of a single storey rear extension for use as an ancillary storage building (Works Started).

Received
6 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
High Street
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.17 Aug
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a single storey rear extension at 56 Union Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1ED. Mid Kent has handled 639 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across High Street. We hold 1,569 applications in total for the ME14 postcode area.

68% of heritage 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 new extension has resulted in harm to the designated heritage asset in that it fails to respond to the architectural style of the building, causes harm to its character and appearance, uses inappropriate materials, and does not contribute positively to the significance of the heritage asset, and that harm is not outweighed by public benefits. As such, the harm is unjustified and to grant Listed Building Consent would be contrary to policies LPRSP14(B) and LPRENV1 of the Maidstone Borough Local Plan Review 2021- 2038, national planning policy set out in Chapter 20 of The National Planning Policy Framework (August 2026) and the guidance in the IHBC Toolbox Guidance Note "Guidance on Alterations to Listed Buildings" (January 2021). 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 IMPORTANT: YOUR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE ATTACHED NOTES NOTIFICATION TO APPLICANT FOLLOWING REFUSAL OF PERMISSION OR GRANT OF CONSENT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
ME14 1ED
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Unparished

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2026
Consultation expiry
17 August 2026
Last date for comments
17 August 2026
Target decision date
31 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Birchmere South Road Hythe CT21 6AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 July 2026
Advertisement expiry
6 August 2026
Site notice start
27 July 2026
Site notice end
17 August 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15049430
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Maidstone, Holy Trinity Church
  • Article 4 direction: Maidstone Holy Trinity
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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