Land North & South Of Kenward Road Yalding Kent ME18 6JP Data via plota.co.uk

25/503066/REM - Approval of Reserved Matters Approved

Proposal

Approval of Reserved Matters (Appearance, Landscaping, Layout, and Scale) pursuant to for the residential development of 112no. two storey dwellings (Class C3) on land north of Kenward Road together with associated infrastructure and landscaping and the provision of informal/recreation open space, drainage, landscaping, and ancillary works/infrastructure on land south of Kenward Road. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 29 Jul 2025
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Consultation
27 Aug 2025
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Approved
20 Oct 2025

Approved on 20 Oct 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Maidstone Planning Committee on 16 Oct 2025.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • A parish councillor and the applicant's representative addressed the meeting.
  • Permission came with informatives on planting native trees and encouraging solar panels on the affordable homes, plus a condition for wildlife kerbstones.
  • Members voted 11 to 0 with one abstention to approve.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, who spoke, and the vote to approve.

Source: Plota analysis of Maidstone's committee minutes of 16 Oct 2025.

Documents 29

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 17

Site constraints 4

Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI about 357 m away: River Beult SSSI; Inside the Yalding built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 15 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Maidstone
Application type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Postcode
ME18 6JP
Received
around 29 Jul 2025
Validated
29 Jul 2025
Ward
Marden And Yalding
Parish
Yalding
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Oct 2025
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
20 Oct 2025
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
DHA Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 83 days from validation, 9 days faster than Maidstone's median of 92 for reserved matters. Approved, as 96% of reserved matters here are.

27%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for reserved matters decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent reserved matters in Maidstone to go on. Maidstone decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14188079
Planning Portal ref
PP-14188079
Comments by
17 Sept 2025
Site or press notice
27 Aug 2025
Committee
16 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
28 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No
Maidstone
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#58 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Maidstone is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #34 out of 296. Only 30% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Maidstone decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #225 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #175 of 296
81%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #34 of 296
30%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #55 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
136 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
20 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
44 decided
1,110
Total decisions
181 refused in the year to March 2026