Gefco Lappel Bank Main Road Sheerness Docks Sheerness Kent ME12 1RS

19/504092/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 6 January 2020

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of a 30,000 ltr petrol tank.

Received: 22 November 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Sheerness

ReceivedReceived22 Nov
ValidatedValidated22 Nov
Consult.Consultation26 Dec
TargetTarget Date21 Feb
DecidedDecided6 Jan

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Gefco Lappel Bank Main Road Sheerness Docks Sheerness Kent ME12 1RS. 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 are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Sheerness. We hold 817 applications in total for the ME12 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: ME12 1RS
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 November 2019
Consultation expiry: 26 December 2019
Last date for comments: 26 December 2019
Target decision date: 21 February 2020
Permission expires: 6 January 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 5 December 2019
Advertisement expiry: 26 December 2019
Site notice start: 3 December 2019
Site notice end: 24 December 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08055444
Documents: 22
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 2: Medium 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.

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.

Source: Mid Kent

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