2 self-build dwellings at Land To The Rear Of 244 - 250 Upper Fant Road, Maidstone
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Maidstone Planning Committee on 15 Jan 2026.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
What was proposed
The application was to build two self-build houses on land behind existing properties.
“25/502399/FULL - ERECTION OF TWO SELF-BUILD NEW DWELLINGS - LAND TO THE REAR OF 244-250 UPPER FANT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, KENT”
Minutes
Who spoke
A visiting councillor and an objector from a local wildlife group addressed the meeting.
Conditions
Conditions were amended to allow site clearance and contamination testing, require a bund to protect the adjacent nature reserve, add agreed drainage measures, and remove a lighting reference to a business.
“The amendment of condition 20 (Contamination of the Site) to require a bund to prevent any exposed contaminated material from flowing/falling into the adjacent Fant Nature Reserve;”
“An additional condition relating to the implementation of foul sewage and surface water disposal measures which have been agreed in consultation with Southern Water and seek to protect the adjacent Fant Nature Reserve; and…”
Minutes
The decision
Permission was granted subject to the conditions set out in the report.
“That permission be granted subject to the conditions set out in the report with:”
“That the Head of Planning and Economic Development be given delegated powers to be able to settle or amend any necessary 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
- Mark NaghiChairLib Dem
- Maureen CleatorLabour
- Fay GoochIndependent
- Tony HarwoodLib Dem
- John PerryConservative
- Paddy RiordanConservative
- Claudine RussellConservative
- Denis SpoonerConservative
- Stephen ThompsonIndependent
- Dan WilkinsonLabour
- Donna GreenanSubstitute for SummersgillIndependent
Apologies Stuart Jeffery Independent, Michael Summersgill Independent, Paul Wilby Lib Dem
Also attending Paul Harper Independent
Source: Plota analysis of the council's minutes; parties from the council's list of councillors.
Sources
- Maidstone Planning Committee minutes, 15 January 2026
- 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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