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Day 1 - Saturday May 5th
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Young people and their leaders met early on the Saturday morning at Drakes Lodge Scout Hut. Their coach left at 6:30am for the Eurotunnel Terminal at Folkstone where it boarded Le Shuttle to Calais for their weekend trip to Belgium. Once in France, the journey to the youth hostel in Peerdevisser, Adinkerke went smoothly and they arrived in time to sit out in the sun whilst leaders booked in to the hostel. A quick game of tag and they were on their way again to their first stop.
Sanctuary Wood Museum (Hill 62)
Sanctuary Wood Museum (Hill 62) is a private museum, 1.9 Miles east of Sittingbourne's twinned town of Ypres where a preserved section of the British trench lines still remains today. Even on a very hot day there was still enough mud and water visible for Scouts to appreciate how awful winter conditions must have been for those living in the trenches. Scouts, leaders and their helpers explored the tunnels and looked at the exhibition of original 3D photos, riffles and artillery from The First World War. Then it was back in the coach with not even time for a coffee for the short 15 minute journey to their next stop.
Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery
Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and memorial to the missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of The First World War in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. It is the largest Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in the world. What a surprise to find a bagpipe player piping everybody in. The pipers had visited 18 cemeteries and had 2 more to play at that day! Another surprise was to find several volunteers there all helping visitors to find names and information of fallen family members. Tyne Cot volunteers helped Scouts find the names etched on memorial plaques to 2 Upchurch First World War victims. Another 15 minute drive and Scouts arrived at their next stop.
Langemark German War Cemetery
In stark contrast to Tyne Cot was the Langemark German War Cemetery. More than 44,000 soldiers are buried there. The village was the scene of the first gas attacks by the German Army in the western front, marking the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915. Yet another surprise! Scouts met some archaeologists who are, even now digging up bodies in a nearby field. They showed Scouts photos and gave them information about their excavation. By now, everyone was feeling a little bit hungry so they made the next short drive to Ypres.
Menin Gate
The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing is a war memorial in Ypres, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of The First World War and whose graves are unknown. The memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point for one of the main roads out of the town that led Allied soldiers to the front line. Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and built and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Menin Gate Memorial was unveiled on the 24th of July 1927.
Fed and watered, Scouts walked through the arch ready for the daily "Last Post Ceremony" which takes place every evening at 8:00pm. Buglers from the Last Post Association sounded the Last Post and standing behind servicemen and fire fighters, 3 Scouts were given the great opportunity and honour of laying a wreath on behalf of Upchurch Scout Group and Upchurch village. Accompanied by a choir from Korea and some bagpipe players with flags of the Red Cross flying as an escort, the Scouts made their leaders feel very proud indeed. The sun was still shining as Scouts left Ypres to return to the hostel. At last a cup of tea. Scouts went to bed, time to relax!
Day 2 - Sunday May 6th
Plopsaland De Panne
Plopsaland De Panne is a theme park located near the town of De Panne on the Belgian coast. Sunday at 6:00am and Scouts were up bright and early learning a new card game whilst still trying to be quiet! Not easy when you get excited. Breakfast eaten and lunch made, and it was off again to the local theme park, Plopsaland. So many fears were overcome by so many during the day, including some Leaders! Upside down, round and round, wet and breath taken, the day drew to an end. Which ride to finish off with was the dilemma. Would it be the Anubis, Super Splash, Heidi, The wooden Roller Coaster or the Big Wave or even the Dragon? the Group split. One group went in one direction, and one in the other. Adrenaline satisfied it was time to board the coach again for the trip home.
The Scouts were all so good that their coach arrived home 2 hours early!
And the Scouts verdict...
“The best weekend ever”
Thanks to Julia Richardson for her write up of the weekend and members of the Scout Group for the Photos. Click photos to enlarge.
Upchurch Matters
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Upchurch Colts FC - Under 11s are Maidstone Invicta league Consolation Cup Winners 2018!
The team won the End of Season Spring Cup on finals day at Kings Hill Sports Park on Sunday 6th of May 2018.
Congratulations - GO COLTS!
Sponsored by Kent Trade Frames Ltd
Richard Turner
Upchurch Colts FC
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What do The Book Fairies do?
The Book Fairies hide books around the world everyday for other people to find, read, then leave for the next person to find... read... then hide again!
They give books another lease of life by passing them on to the next person, and encouraging this behaviour going forward.
They choose their hiding locations carefully, so that they can leave the book without being seen, but also the book needs to be visible enough for the next person to spot it! Book Fairies are often carrying large bags full of books, with the telltale green and white sticker.
Who are The Book Fairies?
Book Fairies are around the world, and could be anyone. They share a love of reading and a desire to share books with others! Currently, there are over 100 countries involved, from New Zealand to the U.A.E., and they've created a community of book lovers.
Anyone can be a Book Fairy!
Anyone can be a Book Fairy. If you have a pile of books you want to share, or simply want to share a book each time you finish reading it.
Book Fairies in Upchurch
Zara Parker has just become a Book Fairy herself and will be hiding 2 children's books next week in well know local locations. Zara will post pictures which we will share on our pages, so keep an eye out if you'd like to try and find them.
If you would like to donate books to be hidden in and around Upchurch, then please message Zara at the link to her Facebook profile here ☞ www.facebook.com/zara.parker3
The Book Fairies are on Facebook, Instagram and they have a website too.
The Book Fairies on Facebook ☞ www.facebook.com/bookfairiesworldwide
#ibelieveinbookfairies
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The latest list of applications received by the Council under the Town and Country Planning Acts.
You may inspect a copy of any application on our online planning database:
You can make your comments online or by Email to: planningcomments@midkent.gov.uk or in writing to Mid Kent Planning Support Service, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone ME15 6JQ. Please be aware that any comments, and your name and address will be placed on file, which will be available for public inspection and published in full on the Internet. We will not publish your signature, email address or phone number on our website. If an application is a householder application, in the event that an appeal is made against a decision of the Council to refuse to grant planning permission for the proposed development, and that appeal then proceeds by way of the expedited procedure under the written representations procedure, any representations will be passed to the Secretary of State and there will be no opportunity to make further representation.
We will not make a decision on any application referred to in this list before 21 days from the date when the application was registered as valid, with the exception of those with the following types of suffix: ADJ, AGRIC, COUNTY, CPD, DEMO, SUB, TELNOT, TCA, TWORK, NMAND, EIASCR or EIASCO which are on this list for information only.
Application: 18/502296/TCA
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Officer: Joseph Maloney
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Grid: 601839/161294
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Ward: Abbey
Parish: Faversham Town
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Address: 21 East Street Faversham ME13 8AS
Proposal: Conservation area notification to crown lift Sycamore to 6.5m, & thin crown by 10%.
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Applicant: Mrs Brown
Contact Address: C/O Mr James Stickels 21 Alexander Drive Faversham ME13 7TB
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Application: 18/502284/SUB
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Officer: Miss Alice Reeves
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Grid: 605939/161569
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Ward: Boughton And Courtenay
Parish: Hernhill
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Address: Wey Street Farm Wey Street Hernhill Faversham Kent
Proposal: Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 and 4 (Drainage), condition 6 (Biodiversity
enhancement), condition 7 (Hard and soft landscape works) and condition 10 (Weatherboarding) for planning permission 17/506588/FULL.
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Applicant: Figgis Farms Limited
Contact Address: C/O Mr Nicholas Rooke 82 Castle Street Canterbury CT1 2QD
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Application: 18/502157/FULL
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Officer: Miss Alice Reeves
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Grid: 588622/162610
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Ward: Borden And Grove Park
Parish: Borden
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Address: 14 Coppins Lane Borden ME9 8JG
Proposal: Proposed side and rear extension with roof light
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Applicant: Mr & Mrs Reynolds
Contact Address: C/O Nigel Sands & Associates FAO: Mr Nigel Sands Wises Oast Business Centre Wises Lane Borden Sittingbourne
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Application: 18/501596/FULL
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Officer: Ross McCardle
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Grid: 590706/163662
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Ward: Chalkwell
Parish:
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Address: 60 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PB
Proposal: Change of use and associated internal renovation of the first floor of the former Bank offices to a restaurant.
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Applicant: Mr Musa Kivrak
Contact Address: C/O Philip Holley Architects FAO: Mr Philip Holley 57 Great Brooms Road Hollingbourne Tunbridge Wells
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Application: 18/501597/LBC
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Officer: Ross McCardle
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Grid: 590706/163662
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Ward: Chalkwell
Parish:
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Address: 60 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PB
Proposal: Listed Building Consent for the change of use and associated internal renovation of the first floor of the former Bank offices to a restaurant.
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Applicant: Mr Musa Kivrak
Contact Address: C/O Philip Holley Architects FAO: Mr Philip Holley 57 Great Brooms Road Hollingbourne Tunbridge Wells
Application: 18/502050/SUB
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Officer: Andrew Byrne
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Grid: 590527/163953
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Ward: Chalkwell
Parish:
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Address: Spirit Of Sittingbourne Regeneration Site St Michaels Road Sittingbourne ME10 3DU
Proposal: Submission of details pursuant to Conditions 5: Surface water drainage plan, & 14: Hard & soft landscaping (original application ref: 14/505440/FULL).
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Applicant: Mr Richard Blackwell
Contact Address: Highland Court Farm Bridge Canterbury CT45HW Kent
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Application: 18/502108/FULL
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Officer: Heather Murton
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Grid: 595698/153954
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Ward: East Downs
Parish: Stalisfield
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Address: Cherry Tree Farm Stalisfield Road Stalisfield ME13 0HW
Proposal: Proposed 2 storey & single storey rear extension replacing existing rear extension
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Applicant: Mr & Mrs Goldie
Contact Address: C/O Anthony Swaine Architecture Ltd FAO: Mrs Tracy Perry-Stere The Bastion Tower 16 Pound Lane Canterbury CT1 2BZ
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Application: 18/502073/FULL
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Officer: Angela Arnold
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Grid: 592742/174476
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Ward: Sheerness
Parish:
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Address: 64 St Helens Road Sheerness ME12 2QX
Proposal: Single Storey Side & Rear Extension.
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Applicant: Mrs Frostick
Contact Address: C/O Oakwell Design Ltd FAO: Mr Glen Oakwell Marlena Sexburga Drive Minster Sheerness
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Application: 18/502160/FULL
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Officer: Megan Harris
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Grid: 589953/167302
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Ward: Bobbing, Iwade And Lower Halstow
Parish: Iwade
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Address: 13 Monins Road Iwade ME9 8TY
Proposal: Proposed two storey side extension and a single storey rear bay extension.
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Applicant: Mr S Quested
Contact Address: C/O Nigel Sands & Associates FAO: Mr Nigel Sands Wises Oast Business Centre Wises Lane Borden Sittingbourne
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Application: 18/502403/COUNTY
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Officer: Ross McCardle
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Grid: 591639/164672
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Ward: Murston
Parish:
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Address: London And Kent Metals Warehouse Unit E3 Bonham Drive Eurolink Sittingbourne Proposal: County Matter - A part retrospective application to allow the development and operation of a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), including construction of a number of external covered storage bays and provision of a site office. The construction of a waste reception/handling building
and the installation of materials recycling plant/equipment.
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Applicant: KCC Planning Applications Group
Contact Address: Mr Adam Tomaszewski First Floor, Invicta House County Hall Maidstone Kent
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Application: 18/502338/SUB
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Officer: Ross McCardle
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Grid: 592275/171140
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Ward: Queenborough And Halfway
Parish: Queenborough
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Address: Neatscourt Marshes Brielle Way Queenborough Kent ME12 3RH
Proposal: Submission of details pursuant to condition 11 (Closure Report) for planning permission 14/506802/FULL
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Applicant: Aldi Stores Limited
Contact Address: C/O Mr Philip Grant HOW Planning 40 Peter Street Manchester M2 5GP
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Application: 18/502388/SUB
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Officer: Ross McCardle
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Grid: 592275/171140
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Ward: Queenborough And Halfway
Parish: Queenborough
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Address: Neatscourt Marshes Brielle Way Queenborough Kent ME12 3RH
Proposal: Submission of details pursuant to condition 13 (SUDS Maintenance) for planning permission 14/506802/FULL.
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Applicant: Aldi Stores Limited
Contact Address: C/O Mr Philip Grant HOW Planning 40 Peter Street Manchester M2 5GP
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Application: 18/502227/TCA
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Officer: Joseph Maloney
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Grid: 601430/161205
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Ward: St. Ann's
Parish: Faversham Town
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Address: Faversham Cottage Hospital Stone Street Faversham ME13 8PS
Proposal: Conservation Area Notification T1, T2 Fell - Conifer, T3 and T4 Reduce - Holly
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Applicant: Ms Jane Saunders
Contact Address: C/O Mr James Woodward Woodwarden 21 Beacon Hill Herne Bay CT6 6BA United Kingdom
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Application: 18/502297/TCA
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Officer: Joseph Maloney
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Grid: 601292/161283
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Ward: St. Ann's
Parish: Faversham Town
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Address: 39 South Road Faversham Kent ME13 7LS
Proposal: Conservation Area Notification - Sycamore T1- Fell and replant with a small Acer in the same place. Reasons for the proposed work include excessive shading to the applicant’s garden, vegetable beds and juvenile trees, including an olive and fruit trees. Also the tree (T1), is located very close to the original boundary Victorian wall, which is showing signs of deterioration around the area of the tree trunk. The tree also affects the light quality to the applicants and many
neighbouring houses.
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Applicant: Miss Alison Trainor
Contact Address: C/O Mr James Stickels 21 Alexander Drive Faversham ME13 7TB
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Application: 18/502337/SUB
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Officer: Paul Gregory
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Grid: 594767/172102
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Ward: Sheppey Central
Parish: Minster-On-Sea
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Address: Land At Harps Farm Thistle Hill Minster-on-sea Kent
Proposal: Submission of details pursuant to Condition 24, Part 2: Sustainable surface water drainage strategy (original application ref: SW/13/1455).
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Applicant: /
Contact Address: C/O Mr Matthew Blythin Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone ME14 3EN
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Application: 18/502018/FULL
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Officer: Andrew Spiers
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Grid: 593609/162945
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Ward: Teynham And Lynsted
Parish: Tonge
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Address: 1 Dully Road Tonge ME9 9NP
Proposal: Proposed detached garage with room over.
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Applicant: Mr B Kadwill
Contact Address: C/O Nigel Sands & Associates FAO: Mr Nigel Sands Wises Oast Business Centre Wises Lane Borden Sittingbourne
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Application: 18/501478/FULL
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Officer: Claire Attaway
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Grid: 602985/160262
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Ward: Watling
Parish: Faversham Town
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Address: Land Behind Tinbridge Cottages London Road Boughton Under Blean Kent ME13 8YN
Proposal: Erection of a communal building and installation of a new access, hard standing, a car parking area and an earth bund (part retrospective).
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Applicant: Mr Figgis
Contact Address: C/O Finns FAO: Mr Mark Chandler 1-3 King Street Sandwich CT13 9BY
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Application: 18/502131/SUB
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Officer: Tracy Day
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Grid: 602852/161087
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Ward: Watling
Parish: Faversham Town
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Address: Land North Of Graveney Road Faversham Kent ME13 8UJ
Proposal: Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 3 (Energy Efficiency) Condition 13 (Cycle Parking) Condition 17 (Road Details) Condition 20 (Signalised Pedestrian Crossing) Condition 24 (Wildlife and Biodiversity) Condition 25 (External Lighting) Condition 30 (Security, Crime Prevention and Community Safety) and Condition 31 (Foul and Surface Water Disposal) Subject to
16/508643/FULL
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Applicant: Mrs Kate Wallace
Contact Address: Bellway Homes Kent 30 Tower View Kings Hill West Malling Kent
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Application: 18/502027/FULL
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Officer: Natalie Barrett
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Grid: 591408/161106
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Ward: West Downs
Parish: Rodmersham
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Address: 3 Brownings Orchard Rodmersham ME9 0PE
Proposal: Single storey rear extension to detached dwelling house.
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Applicant: Mrs Valerie Holt
Contact Address: C/O Wyndham Jordan Architects FAO: Mr Patrick Jordan Heron House 8 Faversham Reach Upper Brents Faversham
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Application: 18/502198/NMAMD
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Officer: Tracy Day
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Grid: 590002/160366
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Ward: West Downs
Parish: Tunstall
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Address: Land Adjacent To 730 Guillat Avenue Kent Science Park Sittingbourne Kent
Proposal: Non Material Amendment to External process equipment/structure to rear (North West Elevation), Building services enclosure buildings to rear (North west elevation), Building services open enclosure to rear (North west elevation), Extension of external stairs to rear (North west elevation), Horizontally arranged service pipe work mounted on external wall cladding and additional louvre to south east elevation of approved extension building under approved application
16/507650/FULL.
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Applicant: Mr Noel Fenwick
Contact Address: C/O Mr Anthony Leung Austin Company Cardinal Point Park Road Rickmansworth WD3 1RE
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Application: 18/502314/COUNTY
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Officer: Kelly Sharp
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Grid: 592795/163008
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Ward: West Downs
Parish: Bapchild
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Address: Bapchild And Tonge Primary School School Lane Bapchild Sittingbourne Kent Proposal: County Matters-The removal of mobile 1 to allow the re-positioning of mobile 2 into its location to allow sufficient space for a new double modular classroom to be constructed under permitted development. Planning permission is sought for a period of 5 years for the relocation of
mobile 2 as within 5 metres of the school boundary.
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Applicant: KCC Planning Applications
Contact Address: Mrs Linda Cook Invicta House County Hall Maidstone ME14 1XX
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Application: 18/502359/SUB
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Officer: Natalie Barrett
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Grid: 590226/158418
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Ward: West Downs
Parish: Milstead
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Address: Land Adjacent 1 Fairview Cottages Frinsted Road Milstead Sittingbourne
Proposal: Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 4 (Hard and Soft Landscape Details) Subject to 16/508463/FULL Appeal Decision
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Applicant: Mr James Boucher
Contact Address: C/O Mr Adam Woodbridge Adam Woodbridge Architects Three Greens Dog Kennel Lane Lyminge CT188ER
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Application: 18/502119/LAWPRO
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Officer: Natalie Barrett
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Grid: 600825/161873
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Ward: Priory
Parish: Faversham Town
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Address: 2 Everard Way Faversham Kent ME13 7QN
Proposal: Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed single storey rear extension.
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Applicant: Mr Tony Lilley
Contact Address: C/O Wyndham Jordan Architects FAO: Mr Patrick Jordan Heron House 8 Faversham Reach Upper Brents Faversham
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