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39A High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AW

16/501174/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 29 June 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed part change of use at ground floor to form living accommodation with internal alterations.

Received
17 February 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 133 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 39A High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AW. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 11 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the High Street, Sittingbourne conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Chalkwell. 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 4AW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2016
Consultation expiry
25 March 2016
Last date for comments
25 March 2016
Target decision date
13 April 2016
Application expires
13 April 2016
Permission expires
29 June 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr John Harmer Tower Farm House Faversham Road Ashford Kent TN25 4HT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 March 2016
Advertisement expiry
25 March 2016
Site notice start
26 February 2016
Site notice end
18 March 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04822829
Documents
17
Constraints
14

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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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    17 Feb

    Proposed part change of use at ground floor to form living accommodation with internal alterations.

    This applicationApprovedFull16/501174/FULL
  2. 2016
    17 Feb

    Listed Building Consent for proposed part change of use at Ground Floor to form living accommodation with…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside16/501175/LBC

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