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Spirit Of Sittingbourne Regeneration Site Identified On Site Location Plan (drg Number: 14.35.100 Revision PO) Sittingbourne Kent ME10 3DU

14/505440/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 24 May 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed mixed use development - on six parcels of land - of 212 residential apartments (use class C3), 3158 sq m of retail space (use class A1), A 308 space multi storey car park, 1713 sq.m cinema (use class D2), 2320 sq.m ground floor resturant units (use class A3), first floor D2 use and the re-alignment of St Michael's road with amendments to the road network and the creation of a new public square in Sittingbourne Town Centre, in front of the railway station.

Received
27 November 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St Michaels
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Apr
  4. Target26 Feb
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 909 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Spirit Of Sittingbourne Regeneration Site Identified On Site Location Plan (drg Number: 14.35.100 Revision PO) Sittingbourne Kent ME10 3DU. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. There have been 13 other applications at this address. We hold 2,142 applications in total for the ME10 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
ME10 3DU
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
212

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2014
Consultation expiry
2 January 2015
Last date for comments
6 April 2016
Target decision date
26 February 2015
Committee meeting
10 March 2016
Application expires
26 February 2015
Permission expires
24 May 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Quinn Estates 77 Bekesbourne Lane Littlebourne Kent CT3 1UZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 December 2014
Advertisement expiry
2 January 2015

Additional information

Documents
500
Constraints
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: Land at Fountain Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3EERegister site at or near this address
  • 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

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