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

19/500050/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 28 June 2019

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

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Proposal

Conversion, part demolition and extension of former school building to provide two 4 bedroom dwellings, and erection of two detached 4 bedroom dwellings with associated landscaping and parking.

Received
14 January 2019
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
West Downs
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 May
  5. Decided28 Jun

Decided in 165 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 165 days, 16 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 January 2019
Consultation expiry
15 February 2019
Target decision date
30 May 2019
Committee meeting
27 June 2019

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
136 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 January 2019
Advertisement expiry
15 February 2019
Site notice start
22 January 2019
Site notice end
12 February 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07502943
Documents
36
Constraints
7

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 or next to this site
  • 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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