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Security Gatehouse Guillat Avenue Kent Science Park Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8AG

22/504606/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 23 February 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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)
Ward
West Downs
  1. Received21 Nov
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided23 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

3318631
Dismissed
Type: Lawful Development CertificateProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 23 February 2024Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11544811
Documents
32

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

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© 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.

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Source: Mid Kent

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