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1050 Cornforth Drive Kent Science Park Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8PX

16/508518/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 6 April 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of building 1050 and New Build 2-storey Hub facility providing cafe, management suite and meeting rooms and associated landscaping.

Received
20 February 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Downs
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided6 Apr

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 1050 Cornforth Drive Kent Science Park Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8PX. 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 have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across West Downs. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 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
ME9 8PX
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Tunstall

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2017
Consultation expiry
21 March 2017
Last date for comments
4 April 2017
Target decision date
22 May 2017
Permission expires
6 April 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Library Hagely Road Stourbridge DY81QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 February 2017
Advertisement expiry
24 February 2017
Site notice start
28 February 2017
Site notice end
21 March 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05695121
Documents
20
Constraints
6

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.

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  4. 2018
    26 Jan

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  5. 2017
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