Security Gatehouse Guillat Avenue Kent Science Park Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8AG
Refused on 23 February 2023
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) to develop submitted area into a recycling and utility area with enclosed canopy for skip storage for BRM, and relocation of existing BRM silo from its current position on the South West corner of Building 750 to new location adjacent to the skip canopy.
- Received
- 21 November 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- West Downs
- ReceivedReceived21 Nov
- ValidatedValidated21 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date24 Feb
- DecidedDecided23 Feb
Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Security Gatehouse Guillat Avenue Kent Science Park Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8AG. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
83% of outline 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 8AG
- Application type
- Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Tunstall
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 November 2022
- Target decision date
- 24 February 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO. Mr Michael Sisterson RB House The Square Lenham Maidstone Kent ME17 2PG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 95 days
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 23/500064/REF
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed and or Notice Upheld
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11544811
- Documents
- 32
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Ancient woodlandNext to the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
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Source: Mid Kent
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