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90-92 Bennett Opie Ltd Chalkwell Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2LJ

22/505221/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 17 August 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension to existing factory to house manufacturing and pasteurisation equipment, including replacement cooling tower.

Received
29 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 261 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 90-92 Bennett Opie Ltd Chalkwell Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2LJ. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 261 days, 29 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 35 applications across Chalkwell. We hold 2,142 applications in total for the ME10 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
ME10 2LJ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2022
Consultation expiry
9 February 2023
Last date for comments
14 August 2023
Target decision date
18 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Jonathan Williams 44A Eglinton Hill Shooters Hill Greenwich London SE183NR

Planning decision

Statutory period
262 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 December 2022
Advertisement expiry
29 December 2022
Site notice start
19 January 2023
Site notice end
9 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11644774
Documents
49

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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