5, London Road, Sittingbourne.

SW/03/0594FullApproved

Approved on 9 September 2003

Council decision: Grant of Conditional PPDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change Of Use of rear offices to educational unit for children with special needs.

Received: 14 May 2003
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Not In Plus 6

ReceivedReceived14 May
ValidatedValidated14 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date9 Sep
DecidedDecided9 Sep

Decided in 118 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5, London Road, Sittingbourne.. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type: Full
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Sittingbourne

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 May 2003
Target decision date: 9 September 2003
Application expires: 9 July 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 53 Woodstock Road,Sittingbourne,Kent,ME10 4HJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 118 days

Additional information

Documents: 0
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Economic House, 25-29 London Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1FHRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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