Land Adjacent To 730 Guillat Avenue Kent Science Park Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8GU
Approved on 2 April 2013
Council decision: Grant of Conditional PPPlanning committee
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Proposal
New production and laboratory facility and all associated infrastructure including security fence, sprinkler tank, alterations to Shimmin Road and to Shimmin Road/Guillat Road junction.
- Received
- 15 January 2013
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- West Downs
- ReceivedReceived15 Jan
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Apr
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent To 730 Guillat Avenue Kent Science Park Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8GU. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across West Downs. 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 8GU
- Application type
- Full
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Tunstall
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 January 2013
- Consultation expiry
- 25 February 2013
- Target decision date
- 2 April 2013
- Application expires
- 12 March 2013
- Permission expires
- 2 April 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Paul Sharpe Associates LLP The Old Rectory Broad Blunsdon Swindon Wilts SN26 7DQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 77 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 February 2013
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 February 2013
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-02356586
- Documents
- 44
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Ancient woodlandNext to the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
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Planning history at this site
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Submission of details pursuant to Condition 3 (Facing Materials), Condition 4 (method of disposal of foul and…
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