85 homes at Beacon Park, Land To The North Of Heath Road, Coxheath
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Maidstone Planning Committee on 18 Dec 2025.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
What was proposed
The application was for 85 homes, a mix of open-market and affordable houses and flats, with a nature reserve, public open space, new roads and access works.
“24/504496/FULL - ERECTION OF 85 HOMES COMPRISING NEW OPEN-MARKET HOUSES INCLUDING 34 NEW AFFORDABLE HOMES ACCORDING TO A MIX OF 27 X TWO BED, 32 X THREE BED, 16 X FOUR BED DWELLINGHOUSES (ALL TWO STOREYS IN HEIGHT), WITH TWO BLOCKS OF FLATS COMPRISING 10 X ONE BED UNITS (THREE STOREYS IN HEIGHT).”
Minutes
Who spoke
A parish councillor and the applicant's representative addressed the meeting.
Legal agreement
Permission was subject to a legal agreement, including a payment of monitoring fees, and conditions set out in the report.
“A. The prior completion of a legal agreement in such terms as the Head of Legal Partnership may advise to secure the Heads of Terms set out in the report, including the prior payment of monitoring fees of £7,038 in total; and…”
“B. The conditions and informatives set out in the report, the Head of Planning and Economic Development be given delegated powers to grant permission and to be able to settle or amend any necessary Heads of Terms, planning conditions and/or informatives in line with the matters set out in the recommendation and as resolved by the Planning Committee.”
Minutes
Councillors at the meeting
- Paul WilbyChairLib Dem
- Maureen CleatorLabour
- Grace CouchIndependent
- Donna GreenanIndependent
- Tony HarwoodLib Dem
- Stuart JefferyIndependent
- Mark NaghiLib Dem
- Ciaran OliverIndependent
- John PerryConservative
- Paddy RiordanConservative
- Claudine RussellConservative
- Denis SpoonerConservative
- Michael SummersgillIndependent
- Stephen ThompsonIndependent
- Dan WilkinsonLabour
- Paul HarperSubstitute for GoochIndependent
Apologies Fay Gooch Independent
Source: Plota analysis of the council's minutes; parties from the council's list of councillors.
Sources
- Maidstone Planning Committee minutes, 18 December 2025
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Maidstone's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Thursday 18 December 2025
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