Three Greens Ashford Road Harrietsham Kent ME17 1JS Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed change of use from residential dwelling (C3) to a children's home (C2) children's home for a maximum of six occupants in total at any one time, comprising children and adult carers living together as a single household, with a maximum of four children at any one time. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 19 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 4
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 4
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 3
Last sold for £676,658 in February 2026. Detached house, freehold.
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 October 2020, 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
- Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
- Postcode
- ME17 1JS
- Received
- around 31 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 31 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
- Parish
- Harrietsham
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 26 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 19 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 49 days from validation, 7 days faster than Maidstone's median of 56 for lawful development certificates. Approved, as 74% of lawful development certificates here are.
Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Maidstone in the last twelve months, from validation. Maidstone decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14449920
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14449920
- Statutory expiry
- 26 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
4 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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