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735 Guillat Avenue Kent Science Park Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8GU

24/503482/LAWPROLawful Development Cert. (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 March 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for the proposed installation of a new Nitrogen Tank set to the south facade of Building 735, to be installed to replace the existing Nitrogen Tank. The tank will be within a fenced enclosure with a 2m height chain link fence and installed on top of a plinth. Modifications to existing pathway and rerouted around the enclosure, and 250mm high curb.

Received
22 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Downs
  1. Received22 Aug
  2. Validated22 Aug
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 218 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 735 Guillat Avenue Kent Science Park Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8GU. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 218 days, 23 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across West Downs. 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 8GU
Application type
Lawful Development Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Tunstall

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 August 2024
Consultation expiry
12 November 2024
Last date for comments
12 November 2024
Target decision date
28 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO. Miss Lauriann Williams R B House The Square Lenham ME17 2PG

Planning decision

Statutory period
218 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 October 2024
Site notice end
12 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13332400
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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© 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.

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Source: Mid Kent

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