Address Verification Bc Maidstone House King Street Maidstone Kent ME15 6JQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/503977/COUNTY - County Matters Awaiting decision

Proposal

County Application for description of the land claimed to have qualified for registration as a Town or Village Green. A parcel of land of approximately 0.2 acres (840 square metres) in size, comprising grassed open space with trees, situated at (and surrounded on all sides by) Abingdon Road at Barming. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 14 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Nov 2026

As of 23 Oct 2026, the council is no longer showing this application on their planning portal. It may have been withdrawn or re-listed under a different reference. We've stopped checking it for updates.

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Article 4 direction
The Maidstone Town Centre Primary Shopping Area. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Local nature reserve about 203 m away: River Len
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
13 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2; Flood defence about 17 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Conservation area about 80 m away: Maidstone, Town Centre; Inside the Maidstone built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 16 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
County Matters
Postcode
ME15 6JQ
Received
around 14 Oct 2026
Validated
14 Oct 2026
Ward
High Street
Target decision
11 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
VGA703
Statutory expiry
11 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
Maidstone
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#58 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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