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Bedfont Scientific Unit 5 Station Yard Station Road Harrietsham Kent ME17 1JA

22/505761/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 4 July 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two-storey industrial unit, comprising of office space, storage, and showroom, with associated parking.

Received
2 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Harrietsham And Lenham
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target4 Jul
  5. Decided4 Jul

Decided in 152 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bedfont Scientific Unit 5 Station Yard Station Road Harrietsham Kent ME17 1JA. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 152 days, 14 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,310 applications in total for the ME17 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
ME17 1JA
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Harrietsham

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2023
Consultation expiry
6 March 2023
Last date for comments
6 March 2023
Target decision date
4 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Darren Spencer 184 Reculver Road Beltinge Herne Bay CT6 6PY

Planning decision

Statutory period
152 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 February 2023
Site notice end
6 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11730342
Documents
57

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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