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Westlands Primary School Homewood Avenue Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1XN

15/507682/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 14 January 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Refurbishment of existing school and construction of a new single storey extension to existing school and associated landscaping

Received
2 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Homewood
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Westlands Primary School Homewood Avenue Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1XN. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Homewood. We hold 2,142 applications in total for the ME10 postcode area.

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

Postcode
ME10 1XN
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2015
Consultation expiry
17 November 2015
Last date for comments
17 November 2015
Target decision date
1 January 2016
Application expires
1 January 2016
Permission expires
14 January 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 October 2015
Advertisement expiry
6 November 2015
Site notice start
20 October 2015
Site notice end
17 November 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04381522
Documents
61
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, National Landscapes, 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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  2. 2016
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  3. 2016
    3 Feb

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  4. 2016
    3 Feb

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  5. 2015
    2 Oct

    Refurbishment of existing school and construction of a new single storey extension to existing school and…

    This applicationApprovedFull15/507682/FULL

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