Kent County Showground, Detling Hill, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JF

11/1771Advert ApplicationApproved

Advertisement consent

Approved on 14 December 2011

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Advertisement consent for the erection of 2 no. pole-mounted entrance signs as shown on drawing number MSL270911 received on 17/10/11.

Received: 21 October 2011
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Detling And Thurnham

ReceivedReceived21 Oct
ValidatedValidated21 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date15 Dec
DecidedDecided14 Dec

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Kent County Showground, Detling Hill, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JF. Mid Kent has handled 307 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,560 applications in total for the ME14 postcode area.

88% of advertising 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 3JF
Application type: Advert Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 October 2011
Target decision date: 15 December 2011
Decision issued: 15 December 2011
Application expires: 16 December 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Unit 14, Britannia Business Park, Quarry Wood, Aylesford, Maidstone, Kent, ME20 7NT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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Source: Mid Kent

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