W4-C Main Road Sheerness Docks Sheerness Kent ME12 1RS
Approved on 20 June 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Ancillary infrastructure associated with a solar array including erection of cat ladder, access stairwell, walkway and ladder, and edge protection around roof solar panels.
- Received
- 21 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Sheerness
- ReceivedReceived21 Mar
- ValidatedValidated21 Mar
- Consult.Consultation6 Jun
- TargetTarget Date20 Jun
- DecidedDecided20 Jun
Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at W4-C Main Road Sheerness Docks Sheerness Kent ME12 1RS. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Sheerness. We hold 817 applications in total for the ME12 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
- ME12 1RS
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Sheerness Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 6 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 20 June 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mr Finlay Davis 36B Ballot Road Irvine KA120HW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 3 April 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 April 2025
- Site notice start
- 16 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 6 June 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13760193
- Documents
- 22
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Sheerness : Royal Naval Dockyard and Bluetown
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20266 Mar
Installation of a solar inverter for the solar array (approved under prior approval 25/500567/PN14J
ApprovedFull26/500303/FULL - 202513 Feb
Prior notification for the installation roof-mounted solar array equipment on the W4-C business building. For…
ApprovedNotification for prior approval Part 1425/500567/PN14J
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