Maidstone planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Maidstone Borough Council, updated daily. Maidstone Borough Council received 526 planning applications in the last 90 days, 15 of them major schemes. 87% of the applications it decided were approved.
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Recent applications in Maidstone
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
Land Adjacent To Walbrook Business Park Queenborough Road Halfway Kent
2,779 sqm B2/B8 industrial scheme, three units, Queenborough Road. Four business units across three two-storey buildings with parking, servicing and landscaping at full application stage. Portal frame, cladding, industrial flooring and yard drainage dominate, with M&E and fit-out packages following.
GroundworksStructural frameSteel
Kent Fire And Rescue Service Loose Road Maidstone Kent ME15 9QB
Prefabricated vehicle storage shelter on a 1.67 ha fire service site, Maidstone. Installs a fabric-covered structure for long-term vehicle storage at full application stage. Steel frame, fabric membranes and groundworks are the core packages for specialist installers.
GroundworksStructural frameSteel
Chilston Fish Farm Wierton Hill Boughton Monchelsea Kent ME17 4JS
Agricultural building prior notification, Boughton Monchelsea. Single new agricultural structure on an 8.5-hectare site requiring approval of siting, design and appearance under permitted-development rules. Steel frame, cladding and concrete flooring dominate the build package, with site access and…
GroundworksStructural frameSteel
Land At Ufton Court Farm Tunstall Kent
Section 73 variation reducing affordable housing from 30% to 10% on a 290-unit outline scheme, Tunstall. Seeks to amend a condition of an existing outline permission rather than authorize new works. Signals the parent scheme is progressing and developers are negotiating on delivery assumptions…
Land At Cross At Hand Farm Chart Hill Road Staplehurst Kent TN12 0RW
Traveller's site conversion with four static units, Staplehurst. Agricultural land shifts to residential accommodation comprising four static caravans, day rooms, touring pitches and parking at full application stage. Infrastructure, electrical, water and waste services dominate the works…
GroundworksHard landscapingM&E
Land Adjacent To 5A Peel Street Maidstone Kent ME14 2SA
3-dwelling terraced house scheme, Maidstone. Erects three new terraced homes on an adjacent plot at full application stage. Groundworks, structural frame, brickwork and roofing drive the build sequence, with M&E and drainage following.
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
The Alders Sandway Road Sandway Kent ME17 2LU
Mobile home placement with change of use to residential, Sandway. Stations a three-bedroom permanent unit with parking, hardstanding and access improvements at full application stage. Site works, hardstanding and access surfacing precede mobile home delivery; M&E and utility connections follow.
GroundworksHard landscapingM&E
6-8 Knightrider Street Maidstone Kent ME15 6LP
One-bedroom flat conversion from office use, Maidstone. Ground floor and basement combined into a single residential unit with new kitchen, bathroom and replacement windows, at full application stage. Fit-out, rewiring, drainage and window packages drive the work, with facade alterations to the…
Fit-outM&EDrainage
6-8 Knightrider Street Maidstone Kent ME15 6LP
Listed Building Consent for office-to-flat conversion, Maidstone. Ground floor and basement of a protected building reconfigured as one residential unit with new partitions, windows and services. Listed compliance, heritage joinery and fit-out dominate the work, with M&E and drainage installations…
Fit-outM&EDrainage
77 Bank Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1SJ
Two-flat conversion in Maidstone town centre. First and second floors of an existing building reconfigured as self-contained residential units at full application stage. Fit-out, internal partitioning, bathrooms and kitchens drive the work, with rewiring and drainage installation throughout.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
Land Adjoining Boughton Orchard Back Lane Chart Sutton Kent ME17 3SJ
Single detached self-build dwelling, Chart Sutton. Erects one new house with new access and three parking spaces at full application stage. Groundworks, structural frame, brickwork and roofing form the primary packages for material suppliers on a greenfield build.
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
Land Adjojning 110 Hockers Lane Detling Kent ME14 3JJ
Single new dwelling with detached garage and home office, Detling. Erects a 2-bedroom house, a separate garage with first-floor workspace, and new vehicular access on 0.39 hectares at full application stage. Groundworks, structural frame, brickwork and roofing form the main packages, with M&E and…
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
The Malta Inn Sandling Maidstone Kent ME14 3AS
Outdoor bar replacement with decking and play area, Maidstone. Demolishes an existing bar and pergola, then erects a new outdoor bar with associated decking and children's play equipment at full application stage. Decking, play-equipment installation and siteworks suit specialist leisure…
DemolitionGroundworksHard landscaping
Snowfield Yeoman Lane Bearsted Kent ME14 4DH
Heat pump installation on a consented gym building, Bearsted. Adds mechanical heating to a commercial facility approved under a parent permission at full application stage. Heat pump supply, M&E integration and ancillary pipework form the live package for HVAC specialists.
RenewablesM&E
27 & 29 Pudding Lane Maidstone Kent ME14 1PA
Taxi office converting to retail with ancillary upper floors, Maidstone. Changes ground floor from 24-hour taxi dispatch to Class E retail, with first floors of both units repurposed as ancillary space. Shopfront glazing, internal partitioning and fit-out drive the work, with M&E reconfiguration…
Fit-outM&EGlazing
Planning appeals in Maidstone Borough Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Maidstone Borough Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Maidstone Borough Council, raw rate
31.8%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
28.9%
national rates applied to this caseload
2.9 percentage points above expected. Maidstone Borough Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
934 appeals counted, 851 judged either way (271 allowed, 580 dismissed), 83 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 34.3% | 28.8% | 580 | 569 | 195 |
| Householder (HAS) | 27% | 35.6% | 167 | 163 | 44 |
| Enforcement Notice | 26.5% | 13.5% | 133 | 68 | 18 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 37.5% | 36.9% | 17 | 16 | 6 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 25% | 25% | 13 | 12 | 3 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 10% | 20.6% | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Advertisement Appeal | 16.7% | 36% | 6 | 6 | 1 |
4 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | Too few judged | 33.3% | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal | Too few judged | 25.2% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | Too few judged | 8.1% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Environmental | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Maidstone Borough Council
Developer contributions at Maidstone Borough Council
Developers pay into planning obligations and the Community Infrastructure Levy at Maidstone Borough Council, each sum tied to a purpose in the agreement.
Available is the register's own figure: money banked against a purpose in a signed agreement and not yet paid out. Councils differ on whether it excludes earmarked sums.
| Purpose | Collected | Available |
|---|---|---|
| CIL (unallocated receipts) | £13,501,605 | £9,746,900 |
| Highways and transport | £7,101,277 | £5,168,686 |
| Health and social care | £5,712,493 | £4,174,519 |
| Affordable housing | £3,376,541 | £1,492,875 |
| Open space and play | £5,093,821 | £1,257,628 |
| Public realm and heritage | £470,272 | £278,170 |
| Monitoring and administration | £1,074,691 | £198,404 |
| Community facilities | £757,891 | £22,493 |
| Biodiversity and ecology | £138,749 | £16,422 |
| Libraries and culture | £220,256 | £9,578 |
| Education | £20,846,739 | None |
| Other local categories | £653,355 | £114,281 |
Source: Maidstone Borough Council's Section 106 register and Maidstone Borough Council's Community Infrastructure Levy register, read on 29 September 2026. Figures are the whole of each register as published on that date, not a recent period. Our collected totals match each register’s own published total exactly. Purposes are grouped from the council's own wording.
Affordable housing grant in Maidstone Borough Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent172 homes
- Affordable rent70 homes
- Shared ownership49 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Maidstone Borough Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder84% (318 decided)
- other96% (171 decided)
- residential80% (105 decided)
- commercial79% (28 decided)
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