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Smiths Hall, Lower Road, West Farleigh, Kent

12/0233FullApproved

Approved on 7 June 2012

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of tractor store, boiler house for biomass boiler and wood store (revised proposal to that approved under reference MA/08/1879, including the addition of an underground woodchip store) as shown on drawing nos. 11.104.01B, 02A and 03A received on 10/4/12.

Received
23 April 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coxheath And Hunton
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Jun
  5. Decided7 Jun

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Smiths Hall, Lower Road, West Farleigh, Kent. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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
West Farleigh

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 April 2012
Target decision date
17 June 2012
Application expires
18 June 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Grove Dairy Farm Business Centre, Bobbing Hill, Bobbing, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West FarleighPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Garden House, West Farleigh HallOn this site · +4 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 21/2008Part of the site
  • Ancient woodland: Chestnut GrovePart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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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