Foodies Emporium 9 North Street Headcorn Kent TN27 9NN Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Subdivision of the existing cafe unit into a hot food takeaway and retail unit including installation of a kitchen extractor flue located on the rear and changes to fenestration. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 24 Oct 2025 · Committee Decision · Last checked 16 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.
- Conditions were amended to tailor a construction management plan to the development and to add a bat box in the eaves.
- Members voted 8 to 3 with one abstention to approve.
Source: Plota analysis of Maidstone's committee minutes, Maidstone Planning Committee minutes, 16 October 2025 .
Documents 63
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 2
Consultation & comments 45
Other documents 12
Associated applications 2
- Subdivision of the existing cafe unit into a hot food takeaway and retail unit including installation of a kitchen extractor…
Conditions 4 discharged
Site constraints 8
Show all 22 with distances
- 28 mCloth HallGrade II*
- 34 m1,2,3,4, Church WalkGrade II
- 34 mMortley and the Village ShopGrade II
- 38 mThe Kings Arms Inn and Shop Adjoining to RightGrade II
- 49 mThe Institute 9 and 11a High Street and 15-19 High StreetGrade II
- 62 mPetite Cottage, Bless Cottage and Weavers CottageGrade II
- 64 m21-25, High StreetGrade II
- 88 m6-18, High StreetGrade II
- 89 mShakespeare House and Path Between Front Door and High StreetGrade II
- 92 mChequersGrade II
- 94 m1 and 2, Moat RoadGrade II
- 95 m9 and 10, Church WalkGrade II
- 99 mThe Old VicarageGrade II
- 109 mHubble's Stores Post OfficeGrade II
- 111 mThe Mortgage Shop, Lloyds Bank and Ap Davis, ChemistGrade II
- 113 mGlebe Cottage Heron Cottage Church CottageGrade II
- 118 m31, High StreetGrade II
- 131 mTable Tomb About 2 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade II
- 134 mTable Tomb About 10 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade II
- 135 mL.a. Burden, Corn and Seeds the Beams RestaurantGrade II
- 140 mPump Adjacent to No 30Grade II
- 146 mTable Tomb About 5 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Peter and St PaulGrade II
Checked on 16 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £35,000 in June 2025. Other property, leasehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Maidstone
- Application type
- Full
- Postcode
- TN27 9NN
- Received
- around 17 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 17 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Headcorn And Sutton Valence
- Parish
- Headcorn
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 24 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 24 Oct 2025
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Malathy Design
How this decision compares
Decided in 99 days from validation, 43 days slower than Maidstone's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14178809
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14178809
- Comments by
- 28 Aug 2025
- Site or press notice
- 7 Aug 2025
- Committee
- 16 Oct 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 11 Sept 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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