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124 - 126 High Street Sheerness Kent ME12 1UB

16/500194/PNCPrior Notification Class CApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 November 2016

Council decision: No Further Action RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use from shops, financial and professional services, betting offices, pay day loan shops and casinos to Chinese buffet restaurant.For its prior approval to:-Noise impacts of the development-Odour impacts of the development-Impacts of storage and handling of waste in relation to the development -Impact of the hours of opening of the development-Transport and highways impacts of the development-Whether it is undesirable for the building to change to a use falling within Class A3 because of the impact of the change of use-(I)On the provision of services falling within Class A1 (shops) or, as the case may be, Class A2 (financial and professional services)(II)The sustainability of that shopping area-The siting, design or external appearance

Received
11 January 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sheerness
  1. Received11 Jan
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided30 Nov

Decided in 252 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 124 - 126 High Street Sheerness Kent ME12 1UB. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 324 days, 38 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in 3 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.

83% of outline 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 1UB
Application type
Prior Notification Class C
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sheerness Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2016
Target decision date
18 May 2016
Application expires
18 May 2016
Permission expires
30 November 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Dave Chamberlain Dunelm Oak Lane Minster-on-sea Kent ME12 3QP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Sheerness : Mile Town
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Kent

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