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Arrivals Building, Kent Science Park, Broadoak Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8AG

SW/08/0714FullApproved

Approved on 2 February 2009

Council decision: Grant of Conditional PPPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing gatehouse security building and replacement with new facility including office and marketing suite.

Received
4 July 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Not In Plus 6
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 213 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Arrivals Building,Kent Science Park,Broadoak Road,Sittingbourne,Kent,ME9 8AG. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 213 days, 22 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 8AG
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Tunstall

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 July 2008
Target decision date
2 February 2009
Application expires
17 September 2008
Permission expires
1 February 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
HPW Partnership Limited,Wade Park Farm,Salisbury Road,Ower ,Southampton,Hampshire,S051 6AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
213 days

Additional information

Documents
16
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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Source: Mid Kent

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