Land Off Sandway Road Sandway Kent ME17 2LU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of land for the stationing of 1no. mobile home and 1no. touring caravan for residential use, with associated dayroom, hardstanding and the creation of a new access. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 20 Feb 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 13 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Maidstone Planning Committee on 12 Feb 2026.
Approved
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- Highways had initially raised a holding objection over visibility splays, which officers said could be addressed by a condition before work started.
- A parish councillor and the applicant's representative addressed the meeting.
- Members voted 12 to 0 with one abstention to grant permission, preferring low-level bollard lighting.
Source: Plota analysis of Maidstone's committee minutes of 12 Feb 2026.
Documents 24
Decision & officer reports 3
Statements & assessments 10
Plans & drawings 1
Consultation & comments 6
Associated applications 3
- Change of use of land for the stationing of 1no. mobile home and 1no. touring caravan for residential use, with associated…
Conditions 8 discharged
Site constraints 4
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Important details
- Council
- Maidstone
- Application type
- Full
- Postcode
- ME17 2LU
- Received
- around 20 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 20 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs
- Parish
- Lenham
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 20 Feb 2026
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 20 Feb 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Green Planning Studio LTD
How this decision compares
Decided in 184 days from validation, 128 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-14223137
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14223137
- Comments by
- 9 Oct 2025
- Site or press notice
- 18 Sept 2025
- Committee
- 12 Feb 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 15 Oct 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
22 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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