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Highsted School For Girls Highsted Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PT

22/505762/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 6 April 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing temporary classroom and erection of a part two storey, part three storey teaching block with associated landscaping.

Received
5 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Woodstock
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided6 Apr

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Highsted School For Girls Highsted Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PT. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Woodstock. 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 4PT
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2023
Consultation expiry
16 February 2023
Last date for comments
23 February 2023
Target decision date
6 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mrs Rebecca Howard Ingleton Wood 874 The Crescent Colchester Business Park Colchester CO4 9YQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 January 2023
Advertisement expiry
9 February 2023
Site notice start
26 January 2023
Site notice end
16 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11730020
Documents
45

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    24 Aug

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 11-(surface water drainage system Verification report)…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/503248/SUB
  2. 2025
    28 Oct

    Submission of details pursuant to conditions 10 (lighting design plan) and 16 (brickwork bonding pattern…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/504402/SUB
  3. 2022
    17 Mar

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 (details of materials) of application 20/503768/FULL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/501325/SUB
  4. 2021
    22 Dec

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 6 (construction management plan) of application 20/503768/FULL

    RefusedDischarge of conditions21/506735/SUB
  5. 2020
    2 Sep

    Erection of a new four court sports hall together with associated changing rooms, storage and plant with link…

    ApprovedFull20/503768/FULL
  6. 2018
    20 Mar

    Submission of details pursuant to Conditions 3: Hard & soft landscaping details, 4: Hard & soft landscaping…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions18/501542/SUB

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