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Land At Great Grovehurst Farm Grovehurst Road Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8RB

23/505226/REMApproval of Reserved MattersApproved
Reserved matters

Approved on 22 July 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Approval of Reserved Matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for the erection of 115no. dwellings pursuant to 18/502372/EIOUT.

Received
24 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kemsley
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target22 Jul
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 241 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Great Grovehurst Farm Grovehurst Road Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8RB. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 241 days, 26 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Kemsley. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 postcode area.

83% of outline 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
ME9 8RB
Application type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
115

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2023
Consultation expiry
28 December 2023
Last date for comments
14 May 2024
Target decision date
22 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mrs Rebecca Hornsby Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone

Planning decision

Statutory period
241 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 December 2023
Advertisement expiry
28 December 2023
Site notice start
28 November 2023
Site notice end
20 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12600065
Documents
260

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.

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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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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    4 Jun

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 - Secured By Design, Subject to 23/505226/REM

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/502141/SUB
  2. 2025
    16 Dec

    Non-Material (Section 96A) Amendment to 23/505226/REM

    PendingNon-material amendmentAmendment25/505152/NMAMD
  3. 2023
    24 Nov

    Approval of Reserved Matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for the erection of 115no. dwellings…

    This applicationApprovedReserved matters23/505226/REM

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