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Telecommuncations Unit At Deringwood Drive Downswood Kent ME15 8XW

23/501546/TNOT56Telecommunication PD 56 DaysApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 23 May 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification for Electronic Communications for installation of 15m high Phase 9 monopole, 2no. ground-based equipment cabinets, 1no. meter cabinet and ancillary development thereto. For its prior approval to: siting and appearance.

Received
29 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downswood And Otham
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Telecommuncations Unit At Deringwood Drive Downswood Kent ME15 8XW. Mid Kent has handled 22 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 postcode area.

87% of all 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
ME15 8XW
Application type
Telecommunication PD 56 Days
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Downswood

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2023
Consultation expiry
27 April 2023
Last date for comments
8 May 2023
Target decision date
23 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Blue Clarity Design Services Building 8 Unit 6 Carryduff Business Park Comber BT8 8AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 April 2023
Site notice end
27 April 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12034254
Documents
118

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 29/1988Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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Source: Mid Kent

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