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The Yard Beckenham Park Industrial Estate Otterham Quay Lane Sittingbourne ME8 7UX

23/504597/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 13 March 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for the change of use of the existing yard for the storage of materials, equipment and vehicles in relation to a scaffolders yard (Class B8), including access.

Received
13 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Dec
  4. Target21 Dec
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 517 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Yard Beckenham Park Industrial Estate Otterham Quay Lane Sittingbourne ME8 7UX. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 517 days, 66 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 86 applications across Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch. We hold 802 applications in total for the ME8 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
ME8 7UX
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Upchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2023
Consultation expiry
28 November 2023
Last date for comments
20 December 2023
Target decision date
21 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
69 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 November 2023
Site notice end
28 November 2023

Appeal history

3366416
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 24 September 2025Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12514032
Documents
39

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Kent

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