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Matts Hill Farm Matts Hill Road Hartlip Sittingbourne Kent ME9 7UY

MC/03/0140Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 23 July 2003

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from agricultural building to industrial processing plant incorporating 2 storage tanks and bunds

Received
13 December 2002
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Historic Wards
Agent
Miller Ankas Ltd
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 182 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Matts Hill Farm Matts Hill Road Hartlip Sittingbourne Kent ME9 7UY. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 222 days, 24 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Medway Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
ME9 7UY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2003
Consultation expiry
24 February 2003
Neighbour consultation end
24 February 2003
Target decision date
18 March 2003
Decision issued
22 June 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent
Miller Ankas Ltd
Agent address
The Guard House Historic Dockyard Chatham Kent. ME4 4TE

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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