Iden Manor Nursing Home Cranbrook Road Staplehurst Kent TN12 0ER Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Demolition of existing shed and erection of single storey detached building, to provide temporary on-site staff living accommodation comprising 6no. bedrooms with communal facilities, for a period of 5 years. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 29 Jun 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 8 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Maidstone Planning Committee on 18 Jun 2026.
Refused
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- An objector, a representative of the parish council and the applicant addressed the committee.
- Against the officer recommendation, members refused the application, finding the accommodation would sit as an isolated addition and harm neighbours' amenity through noise and visual intrusion.
- Members voted 12 to 1 with no abstentions to refuse the application.
Source: Plota analysis of Maidstone's committee minutes of 18 Jun 2026.
Documents 55
Decision & officer reports 4
Statements & assessments 23
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 10
Other documents 16
Site constraints 5
Checked on 8 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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2026, 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
- TN12 0ER
- Received
- around 3 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 3 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Staplehurst
- Parish
- Staplehurst
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 30 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Jackson Planning Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 238 days from validation, 182 days slower than Maidstone's median of 56 for full applications. Refused, as 14% 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-14336726
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14336726
- Comments by
- 11 Dec 2025
- Site or press notice
- 13 Nov 2025
- Committee
- 18 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 29 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
3 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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%).
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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