Tunstall Church Of England Primary School Tunstall Road Tunstall Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8DX

18/500738/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 30 May 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

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Proposal

Conversion of former school building to provide three dwellings with associated demolition/building works, internal and external alterations, provision of additional floorspace at first floor level, including three dormer windows, landscaping, and car parking

Received: 14 February 2018
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: West Downs

ReceivedReceived14 Feb
ValidatedValidated14 Feb
Consult.Consultation4 Apr
TargetTarget Date1 Jun
DecidedDecided30 May

Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Tunstall Church Of England Primary School Tunstall Road Tunstall Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8DX. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the Tunstall conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across West Downs. We hold 1,175 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 8DX
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Tunstall

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 February 2018
Consultation expiry: 23 March 2018
Last date for comments: 4 April 2018
Target decision date: 1 June 2018
Committee meeting: 24 May 2018
Permission expires: 30 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr Peter Cooper 163 Brompton Farm Road Strood Rochester Kent ME2 3RH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 107 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 23 February 2018
Advertisement expiry: 23 March 2018
Site notice start: 20 February 2018
Site notice end: 20 March 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06711897
Documents: 40
Constraints: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Tunstall
Listed building: Grade II: The Village SchoolOn this site · +1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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, ancient woodland, 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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Source: Mid Kent

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