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Herne Pound Cottage 183 Butchers Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QQ

25/02000/LBListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 19 May 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Listed Building Application: Demolition of side extension and erection of single storey side/rear extension, together with associated works and landscaping

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.7 Jan
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 169 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Herne Pound Cottage 183 Butchers Lane Mereworth Maidstone Kent ME18 5QQ. Tonbridge has handled 401 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 15 weeks longer than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across East & West Peckham Mereworth And Wbury. We hold 199 applications in total for the ME18 postcode area.

93% of heritage applications at Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ME18 5QQ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mereworth (Mereworth)

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation expiry
8 January 2026
Consultation start
15 December 2025
Consultation end
7 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
7 January 2026
Last date for comments
8 January 2026
Target decision date
19 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Peter Cooper 163 Brompton Farm Road Strood Rochester Kent ME2 3RH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
8 January 2026
Site notice start
17 December 2025
Site notice end
7 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14222413
Documents
19
Constraints
57

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: 183, Butchers LaneOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Tonbridge and MallingPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    1 Dec

    Demolition of side extension and erection of single storey side/rear extension, together with associated…

    RefusedPlanning PermissionFiled alongside25/01999/FL
  2. 2025
    1 Dec

    Listed Building Application: Demolition of side extension and erection of single storey side/rear extension…

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent25/02000/LB

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