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Matts Hill Farm, Matts Hill Road, Hartlip, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7UY

SW/10/1274FullRefused

Refused on 27 January 2011

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use of agricultural buildings. Units 1 & 2 to B2 general industrial use & external storage areas

Received
29 October 2010
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Matts Hill Farm,Matts Hill Road,Hartlip,Sittingbourne,Kent,ME9 7UY. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Hartlip, Newington And Upchurch. 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 7UY
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hartlip

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2010
Target decision date
27 January 2011
Application expires
28 January 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 4 New Court 1 New Road Rochester Kent ME1 1BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
19
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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Source: Mid Kent

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