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Lower Gallants Farm, Lower Road, East Farleigh

07/1054FullApproved

Approved on 16 July 2007

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Amendments to planning permissions MA/06/0842 (change of use from marquee, tent and furniture hire company to 5no. light Industrial units) and MA/02/0552 (removal of existing buildings and fuel storage tank and erection of a single storey flat roof extension) being the repositioning of access doors and windows, internal rearrangement, the erection of a security fence and the replacement of a flat roof with a pitched roof as shown on drawing numbers 2314 3 rev D and 2314 4 rev D received on 12th July 2007, 2314 5 rev D and 2314 8 rev A received on 19th June 2007 and palisade fencing specification received on 22nd May 2007.

Received
22 May 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coxheath And Hunton
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Jul
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Lower Gallants Farm, Lower Road, East Farleigh. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 7 other applications at this address.

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

Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
East Farleigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2007
Target decision date
16 July 2007
Application expires
17 July 2007
Permission expires
15 July 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16/18, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 8AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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