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Land Adj Shimmin Road, Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8BZ

SW/09/0485FullApproved

Approved on 27 July 2009

Council decision: Grand of Unconditional (stat 3yrs)Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of a new high voltage switch room and associated EDF plant required to facilitate increased demand from existing tenants within Kent Science Park.

Received
2 June 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Woodstock
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided27 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Adj Shimmin Road,Kent Science Park,Sittingbourne,Kent,ME9 8BZ. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Woodstock. 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 8BZ
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tunstall

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2009
Target decision date
27 July 2009
Application expires
28 July 2009
Permission expires
26 July 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Apex House 18-20 Appold Street London EC2A 2AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Kent

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