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Kent Science Park Shimmin Road Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8BZ

20/503707/HYBRIDHybrid ApplicationsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 December 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Hybrid planning application consisting of - Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved except access) for commercial development, accesses and roads, parking, associated services, infrastructure, earthworks and landscaping - Full planning permission for the erection of a manufacturing facility, associated parking, services, infrastructure, landscaping and earthworks.

Received
26 August 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
West Downs
  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated26 Aug
  3. Consult.22 Jun
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 484 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Kent Science Park Shimmin Road Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8BZ. Mid Kent has handled 11,849 applications of this type. This one was decided in 484 days, 61 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across West Downs. We hold 1,169 applications in total for the ME9 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
ME9 8BZ
Application type
Hybrid Applications
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Milstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 August 2020
Consultation expiry
15 October 2020
Last date for comments
22 June 2021
Target decision date
23 December 2021
Committee meeting
24 June 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
F.A.O Mr Tom Cole 5-10 Bolton Street London W1J 8BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
484 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 September 2020
Advertisement expiry
24 September 2020
Site notice start
24 September 2020
Site notice end
15 October 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08919763
Documents
251
Constraints
9

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.

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.

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