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Britannia House 75 High Street Sheerness Kent ME12 1TX

15/508580/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 14 December 2015

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use of first and second floors from office to residential creating 4 x 1-bed and 1 x 2-bed flats

Received
20 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sheerness
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Britannia House 75 High Street Sheerness Kent ME12 1TX. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Sheerness Mile Town conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Sheerness. We hold 817 applications in total for the ME12 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
ME12 1TX
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2015
Consultation expiry
1 December 2015
Last date for comments
1 December 2015
Target decision date
15 December 2015
Application expires
15 December 2015
Permission expires
14 December 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Wises Oast Business Centre Wises Lane Borden Kent ME9 8LR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 November 2015
Advertisement expiry
27 November 2015
Site notice start
3 November 2015
Site notice end
1 December 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04555633
Documents
13
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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, 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    18 Oct

    Proposed loft conversion with two new dormers to create new one bed flat.

    ApprovedFull16/507360/FULL

Source: Mid Kent

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