Shell Highland Service Station, Sittingbourne Road, Thurnham, Maidstone, ME143HT
Approved on 16 May 2008
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Redevelopment of existing service station to include the installation of new above ground offset fills, new forecourt pumps and associated pump islands, minor kerb line alterations and forecourt resurfacing as shown on site location plan and drawing nos. 01 and 02 received on 26/2/08.
- Received
- 25 March 2008
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Detling And Thurnham
- ReceivedReceived25 Mar
- ValidatedValidated25 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date19 May
- DecidedDecided16 May
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Shell Highland Service Station, Sittingbourne Road, Thurnham, Maidstone, ME143HT. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,560 applications in total for the ME14 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
- ME14 3HT
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Thurnham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 March 2008
- Target decision date
- 19 May 2008
- Decision issued
- 19 May 2008
- Application expires
- 20 May 2008
- Permission expires
- 15 May 2011
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT185BW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202017 Dec
Removal of underground tanks with insertion of new underground tanks, replacement and repositioning of canopy…
ApprovedFull20/505677/FULL - 201226 Jul
Erection of a single storey rear extension to sales building as shown on drawing nos. OSP, PLG1, PLG2, PLG3…
ApprovedFull12/1247 - 200426 Jul
Installation of an ATM cash machine, as shown on dwg no. J3580 and site location plan received on 15.6.04.
ApprovedFull04/1444 - 200415 Jun
Installation of an automated teller machine, as shown on dwg Nos 1 un-numbered 1:1250 scaled Location Plan…
ApprovedFull04/1124
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