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Woodstock House Winch Road Kent Science Park Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8EF

18/504203/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 20 September 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from office (B1) to day nursery (D1) with minor alterations to internal layout of ground and first floor.

Received
13 August 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Downs
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated13 Aug
  3. Consult.14 Sep
  4. Target8 Oct
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Woodstock House Winch Road Kent Science Park Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8EF. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across West Downs. We hold 1,168 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 8EF
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tunstall

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 August 2018
Consultation expiry
14 September 2018
Last date for comments
14 September 2018
Target decision date
8 October 2018
Permission expires
20 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Richard Tucker The Guard House Church Lane The Historic Dockyard Chatham ME4 4TE Kent

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 August 2018
Advertisement expiry
14 September 2018
Site notice start
20 August 2018
Site notice end
10 September 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07189988
Documents
9
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2018
    13 Aug

    Change of use from office (B1) to day nursery (D1) with minor alterations to internal layout of ground and…

    This applicationApprovedFull18/504203/FULL
  2. 2018
    9 Aug

    Listed building consent for change of use from office (B1) to day nursery (D1) and minor alterations to…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside18/504204/LBC

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