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12 High Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1HT

26/502650/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 4 September 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 installation of new shop front signage

Received
10 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
High Street
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for signage at 12 High Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1HT. Mid Kent has handled 639 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across High Street. We hold 1,563 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 proposed signage is inappropriately coloured, overly-busy, and appears to incorporate the use of acrylic adhesives. As such, it would cause harm to the significance of the Grade II listed building to which it would be affixed. There are no public benefits which would outweigh the harm and the proposal is therefore contrary to policies LPRSP14(B), LPRENV1 and LPRQD3 of the Maidstone Local Plan Review (2021-2038) 2024, and policies HE4, HE5 and HE6 of the National Planning Policy Framework (August 2026). 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 1HT
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2026
Consultation expiry
20 August 2026
Last date for comments
20 August 2026
Target decision date
4 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr James Furzer Basement Studio Hill House 24 High Street Billericay CM12 9BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 July 2026
Advertisement expiry
13 August 2026
Site notice start
30 July 2026
Site notice end
20 August 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15075836
Documents
7

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, Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Royal Star HotelOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    3 Nov

    Listed Building Consent to remove the existing unauthorised fascia sign and clutter. Install 1no…

    PendingListed building consentRelated26/504209/LBC
  2. 2026
    10 Jul

    Listed Building Consent for installation of new shop front signage

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent26/502650/LBC

Source: Mid Kent

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