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Oak Tree Farm, Bottles Lane, Rodmersham, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 0PR

SW/08/0304FullApproved

Approved on 23 May 2008

Council decision: Grant of Conditional PPPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to B1 business (a) and (c) for office and light industrial use and B8 storage use.

Received
17 March 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Not In Plus 6
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Oak Tree Farm,Bottles Lane,Rodmersham,Sittingbourne,Kent,ME9 0PR. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 0PR
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Rodmersham

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2008
Target decision date
23 May 2008
Application expires
12 May 2008
Permission expires
22 June 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
26-28 Albion Place,Maidstone,Kent,

Planning decision

Statutory period
67 days

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2010
    4 Nov

    Application for removal of condition 2 (restriction of use) of planning permission SW/08/0304

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)SW/10/1408
  2. 2008
    17 Mar

    Change of use to B1 business (a) and (c) for office and light industrial use and B8 storage use.

    This applicationApprovedFullSW/08/0304

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