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Kent Science Park Broadoak Road Tunstall Kent ME9 8HL

15/506166/ENVSCREIA Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 September 2015

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion - Redevelopment of site, comprising demolition of selected buildings, extension, refurbishment and remodelling of selected buildings and the erection of new buildings to provide up to 88,000sqm, comprising laboratories, offices incubation/innovation hubs; 400sqm of retail and up to 300-400 dwellings.

Received
29 July 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Woodstock
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target19 Aug
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Kent Science Park Broadoak Road Tunstall Kent ME9 8HL. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Woodstock. We hold 1,169 applications in total for the ME9 postcode area.

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

Postcode
ME9 8HL
Application type
EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Tunstall

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2015
Last date for comments
28 August 2015
Target decision date
19 August 2015
Application expires
19 August 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Kent

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