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West Leas, Ringlestone Road, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 1NX

08/1225Overhead Electricity LineApproved

Approved on 3 July 2008

Council decision: No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

A consultation with Maidstone Borough Council with EDF Energy Ltd for the placement of 2no. electricity micro substations as shown on drawing no. 307319-west leas received 16/06/08.

Received
16 June 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
North Downs
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Jul
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 17 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at West Leas, Ringlestone Road, Wormshill, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 1NX. Mid Kent has handled 180 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 6 weeks quicker than Mid Kent'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.

87% of all 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 1NX
Application type
Overhead Electricity Line
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wormshill

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2008
Target decision date
13 July 2008
Application expires
11 August 2008

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 14/1986Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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