Land East Of The Homestead Gravelly Bottom Road Kingswood Kent Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of for the use of land to a natural burial ground with landscaping, parking and access Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 23 Jan 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Maidstone Planning Committee on 15 Jan 2026.
Approved
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- The application was to change the use of land to a natural burial ground, with landscaping, parking and access.
- Permission was granted subject to the conditions set out in the report.
- Members voted unanimously, 11 to 0, to approve.
Source: Plota analysis of Maidstone's committee minutes, Maidstone Planning Committee minutes, 15 January 2026 .
Documents 26
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 8
Plans & drawings 2
Consultation & comments 8
Other documents 6
Site constraints 4
Checked on 13 October 2026. 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
- Full
- Received
- around 3 Sept 2025
- Validated
- 3 Sept 2025
- Ward
- Leeds And Langley
- Parish
- Broomfield And Kingswood
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 23 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 23 Jan 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- DHA Planning
How this decision compares
Decided in 142 days from validation, 86 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-14123227
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14123227
- Comments by
- 5 Feb 2026
- Site or press notice
- 18 Sept 2025
- Committee
- 15 Jan 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 29 Oct 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
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%).
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