Land At Carman's Close Loose Kent ME15 0DR Data via plota.co.uk

25/504187/FULL - Full Approved

Proposal

Demolition of 3(no) existing garages and greenhouse, reconfiguration of garden land, and erection of 2(no) detached dwellings with associated access and parking. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 13 Oct 2025
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Consultation
24 Oct 2025
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Approved
16 Feb 2026

Approved on 16 Feb 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 17 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.

  • The application was to demolish three garages and a greenhouse and build two detached houses with access and parking.
  • Permission was granted with an added note asking the applicant to check whether any covenants affect the land.
  • Members voted 11 in favour with no votes against and 2 abstentions.

Source: Plota analysis of Maidstone's committee minutes, Maidstone Planning Committee minutes, 12 February 2026 .

Documents 25

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 6

Public footpath 12 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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; Registered park or garden 204 m away: Linton Park; Inside the Loose built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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 listed building at the site

Checked on 17 October 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.

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Important details

Council
Maidstone
Application type
Full
Postcode
ME15 0DR
Received
around 13 Oct 2025
Validated
13 Oct 2025
Ward
Loose And Linton
Parish
Loose
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Feb 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
16 Feb 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
DHA Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 126 days from validation, 70 days slower than Maidstone's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.

67%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
784decided in the last year

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-14342898
Planning Portal ref
PP-14342898
Comments by
14 Nov 2025
Site or press notice
24 Oct 2025
Committee
12 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Dec 2025
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