Land At Cherry Tree Farm, Between Westwood Road And Plum Tree Lane, Stockbury, Sittingbourne, ME9 7UR
Refused on 28 September 2005
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retrospective application for the change of use of agricultural land to residential and the stationing of 1 No. mobile home and 1 No. touring caravan for a gypsy family as shown on site plan received on 7/3/05 and location plan received on 9/8/05.
- Received
- 9 August 2005
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- North Downs
- ReceivedReceived9 Aug
- ValidatedValidated9 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date3 Oct
- DecidedDecided28 Sep
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land At Cherry Tree Farm, Between Westwood Road And Plum Tree Lane, Stockbury, Sittingbourne, ME9 7UR. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 postcode area.
85% of full applications at Maidstone Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- ME9 7UR
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stockbury
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 August 2005
- Target decision date
- 3 October 2005
- Decision issued
- 29 September 2005
- Application expires
- 4 October 2005
- Permission expires
- 27 September 2010
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 61, Blenheim Crescent, London, W11 2EG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201916 Jan
Part retrospective for the siting of 2 additional mobile homes for residential use by Gypsy & Traveller family
ApprovedFull19/500149/FULL - 201830 Jul
Proposed stationing of one addtional mobile home, one additional touring caravan and one additional day room…
ApprovedFull18/503884/FULL - 201819 Apr
Change of use of land for the stationing of two mobile homes, two touring caravans and two day rooms along…
RefusedFull18/501646/FULL
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