Maidstone Borough Council Depot Bircholt Road Maidstone Kent ME15 9XY
Approved on 25 April 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredPlanning committee
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Proposal
Prior notification for the installation of a 185kW solar PV system to the roof. For its prior approval to: -Design and external appearance of the development -3 The impact of glare on occupiers of neighbouring land.
- Received
- 12 February 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Leeds And Langley
- ReceivedReceived12 Feb
- ValidatedValidated12 Feb
- Consult.Consultation12 Mar
- TargetTarget Date28 Apr
- DecidedDecided25 Apr
Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Maidstone Borough Council Depot Bircholt Road Maidstone Kent ME15 9XY. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Leeds And Langley. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the ME15 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
- ME15 9XY
- Application type
- Notification for prior approval Part 14
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Boughton Monchelsea
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 February 2025
- Last date for comments
- 12 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 April 2025
- Committee meeting
- 24 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 28 April 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Miss Elly Hammond 1 Abbey Wood Road Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4YT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 75 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13736043
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
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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Source: Mid Kent
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