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Grove End Farm Bredgar Road Tunstall Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8DY

21/500222/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 12 November 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural barn to provide storage and distribution of seed and crop protection products.

Received
21 January 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
West Downs
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated21 Jan
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 295 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Grove End Farm Bredgar Road Tunstall Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8DY. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 295 days, 34 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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 8DY
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tunstall

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 January 2021
Consultation expiry
18 February 2021
Last date for comments
28 July 2021
Target decision date
18 March 2021
Committee meeting
11 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Jonathan Lee Romney House Monument Way Orbital Park Kent TN24 0HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 January 2021
Advertisement expiry
18 February 2021
Site notice start
28 January 2021
Site notice end
18 February 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09316765
Documents
27
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 1: Low 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.

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2022
    24 Jan

    Submission of details pursuant to conditions 8 (electric vehicle charging points) and 9 (details of warning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/500273/SUB
  2. 2021
    21 Jan

    Change of use of agricultural barn to provide storage and distribution of seed and crop protection products.

    This applicationApprovedFull21/500222/FULL

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    6 Apr

    Demolition of two agricultural buildings and erection of 2 replacement agricultural buildings.

    ApprovedFull22/501105/FULL
  2. 2019
    19 Mar

    Prior Notification for a proposed portal framed agricultural building for grain storage and agricultural…

    ApprovedAgricultural/Forestry Notification19/501341/AGRIC
  3. 2013
    24 May

    Compliance with condition 2 (material samples) of SW/12/1406

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSW/12/1406/CCB
  4. 2013
    11 Feb

    Compliance with conditions 3 (Archaeological watching brief); 4 (Sections); 5 (Sustainable construction); 6…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsSW/12/1406/CCA
  5. 2012
    12 Nov

    Demolition of redundant loose boxes and construction of new single storey office building.

    ApprovedFullSW/12/1406
  6. 2010
    4 May

    Erection of general purpose storage building for grain and farm machinery.

    ApprovedAgricultural - Prior Approval AppPN/10/0046

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