Building 755 Kent Science Park Shimmin Road Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8BZ
Approved on 16 October 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Prior notification for the proposed demolition of Building 755, consented permission under ref. 20/503707/HYBRID on a parcel of land at the southern edge of Kent Science Park.
- Received
- 19 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- West Downs
- ReceivedReceived19 Sep
- ValidatedValidated19 Sep
- Consult.Consultation10 Oct
- TargetTarget Date17 Oct
- DecidedDecided16 Oct
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at Building 755 Kent Science Park Shimmin Road Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8BZ. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker 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 8BZ
- Application type
- Demolition Prior Approval Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Milstead
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 September 2024
- Last date for comments
- 10 October 2024
- Target decision date
- 17 October 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mr Ben Dakin Montagu Evans LLP 70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13399515
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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