112 dwellings at Land North & South Of Kenward Road, Yalding
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Maidstone Planning Committee on 16 Oct 2025.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
What was proposed
The application was to approve reserved matters, including appearance, landscaping, layout and scale, for 112 houses, with open space, drainage and infrastructure.
“25/503066/REM - APPROVAL OF RESERVED MATTERS (APPEARANCE, LANDSCAPING, LAYOUT, AND SCALE) PURSUANT TO 23/505139/OUT 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 - LAND NORTH & SOUTH OF KENWARD ROAD, YALDING, KENT”
Minutes
Who spoke
A parish councillor and the applicant's representative addressed the meeting.
Conditions and informatives
Permission came with informatives on planting English oak and goat willow, encouraging solar panels on the affordable homes, and a condition requiring wildlife kerbstones in future drainage works.
“An informative encouraging the applicant to provide Solar PV panels on the affordable housing units.”
“That the details to be submitted for future discharge of drainage conditions pursuant to the outline permission approved at appeal should include recessed wildlife kerbstones.”
Minutes
The decision
Permission was granted subject to the conditions set out in the report.
“That permission be granted subject to the conditions set out in the report with:”
“That the Head of Planning and Economic Development be given delegated powers to be able to settle or amend any necessary planning conditions and/or informatives in line with the matters set out in the recommendation and as resolved by the Planning Committee.”
Minutes
Councillors at the meeting
- Paul WilbyChairLib Dem
- Maureen CleatorLabour
- Fay GoochIndependent
- Donna GreenanIndependent
- Tony HarwoodLib Dem
- Stuart JefferyIndependent
- Vanessa JonesIndependent
- Mark NaghiLib Dem
- John PerryConservative
- Paddy RiordanConservative
- Denis SpoonerConservative
- Michael SummersgillIndependent
- Ziggy TrzebinskiConservative
Apologies Claudine Russell Conservative, Stephen Thompson Independent, Dan Wilkinson Labour
Also attending Lottie Parfitt Conservative
Source: Plota analysis of the council's minutes; parties from the council's list of councillors.
Sources
- Maidstone Planning Committee minutes, 16 October 2025
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Maidstone's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Thursday 16 October 2025
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This committee's year
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Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.