Building 730, Guillat Avenue, Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8GA

SW/07/0308FullApproved

Approved on 20 April 2007

Council decision: Grant of Conditional PPDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of building 730 to accommodate the Kent Science Resource Centre (class D1) and Bioaccelerator (class B1) together with 26 parking spaces.

Received: 14 March 2007
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Not In Plus 6

ReceivedReceived14 Mar
ValidatedValidated14 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Apr
DecidedDecided20 Apr

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Building 730,Guillat Avenue,Kent Science Park,Sittingbourne,Kent,ME9 8GA. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker 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.

85% of full applications at Maidstone Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: ME9 8GA
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Tunstall

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 March 2007
Target decision date: 20 April 2007
Application expires: 9 May 2007
Permission expires: 19 April 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address: The Old Rectory,Broad Blunsdon,Swindon,SN26 7DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 20
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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Source: Mid Kent

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