Boxley Downs planning approval rate
Boxley Downs ward in Maidstone has a 88.5% approval rate based on 104 planning decisions. Maidstone overall: 81.1%.
Last updated: September 2026
88.5%
ward approval rate
104
Decisions
92
Approved
12
Refused
81.1%
Maidstone average
Boxley Downs is 7.4 percentage points above the Maidstone average, making it one of the more permissive wards in this council area. Applications here have historically faced lower refusal rates.
How Boxley Downs compares
Boxley Downs ward
88.5%
Maidstone overall
81.1%
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Recent decisions in Boxley Downs
Erection or a first floor front extension and changes to fenerstration. · Thu 17 Sep 2026
Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 - Materials, 4 - Windows, 5 -Sched · Fri 04 Sep 2026
Erection of a single-storey rear extension. · Thu 03 Sep 2026
Construction of a single storey fitness studio in the curtilage of Park Cottage · Fri 28 Aug 2026
TPO application: T001 - Cut back to boundary trees overhanging rear fence into g · Tue 18 Aug 2026
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Other wards in Maidstone
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High Street (78.1%)
Harrietsham, Lenham And North Downs (82.2%)
Headcorn And Sutton Valence (85.3%)
Boughton Monchelsea And Chart Sutton (78.9%)
Staplehurst (82.6%)
Loose And Linton (88.3%)
Leeds And Langley (92.5%)
Bearsted And Downswood (84.4%)
Grove Green And Vinters Park (86.8%)
Coxheath And Farleigh (89.6%)