White Horse Wood, Detling Hill, Detling, Kent

13/2081EIA Screening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 14 January 2014

Council decision: Environmental Impact Assessment Not Req.Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Screening Opinion for proposed woodland burial park and associated development.

Received: 2 December 2013
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Detling And Thurnham

ReceivedReceived2 Dec
ValidatedValidated2 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date17 Jan
DecidedDecided14 Jan

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at White Horse Wood, Detling Hill, Detling, Kent. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

83% of outline 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: EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Thurnham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 December 2013
Target decision date: 17 January 2013
Application expires: 27 January 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Article 4 direction: Land North of ThurnhamPart of the site
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1/1969Part of the site
National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2018
30 May
The installation of 2 no. sculptures between 8 and 10m tall.
ApprovedFull18/502386/FULL

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