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Land At Tonge Corner Farm, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8BA

EIA/13/0010EIA ScopingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 May 2014

Council decision: No Further Action Required

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed construction of 24MW solar park aqnd associated equipment.

Received
21 May 2013
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 May

Decided in 381 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land At Tonge Corner Farm, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8BA. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 381 days, 46 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 8BA
Application type
EIA Scoping
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2013
Application expires
19 June 2013
Permission expires
31 May 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Murray Planning Associates Officwe 7 Capron House North Street Midhurst Sussex GU29 9DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
29 days

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Tonge Corner FarmhouseOn or next to this site
  • SSSI: The Swale SSSINext to the site
  • Special Protection Area: The SwaleNext to the site
  • Ramsar wetland: The SwaleNext to the site
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, Special Areas of Conservation, 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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