The Old Forge Ashford Road Broomfield Kent ME17 1PZ Data via plota.co.uk

25/503689/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations including enlargement of roof space, insertion of solar panels, replacement windows and doors and changes to fenestration to allow for the conversion of an existing outbuilding into residential annexe (ancillary to the main dwelling) (Re-submission of ) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 3 Sept 2025
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Approved
29 Oct 2025

Approved on 29 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: The Old Forge
List entry 1060935 · The pin is inside its outline
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Registered park or garden 45 m away: Leeds Castle
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 28 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £395,000 in July 2025. Detached house, freehold.

25 July 2025£395,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Maidstone
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
ME17 1PZ
Received
around 3 Sept 2025
Validated
3 Sept 2025
Ward
Leeds And Langley
Parish
Broomfield And Kingswood
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Oct 2025
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
29 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 71% of listed building works here are.

71%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
158decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14300559
Planning Portal ref
PP-14300559
Comments by
2 Oct 2025
Site or press notice
11 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
29 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No
Maidstone
Planning Authority Score
7.1/10
Good
#58 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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

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