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Land Off Shimmin Road, Kent Science Park, Tunstall, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8AZ

SW/07/1111FullRefused

Refused on 29 January 2008

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of technology units - phase 2. Units 1 & 2 for B1 business use, parking, landscaping & associated & ancillary facilities and services.

Received
19 September 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Not In Plus 6
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 132 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Off Shimmin Road,Kent Science Park,Tunstall,Sittingbourne,Kent,ME9 8AZ. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 132 days, 11 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.

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
ME9 8AZ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Tunstall

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2007
Target decision date
29 January 2008
Application expires
19 December 2007

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
132 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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Source: Mid Kent

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