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Excelsior House Ufton Lane Sittingbourne Kent

16/501387/PNOCLAPrior Notification - Class OApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 March 2016

Council decision: Planning Permission/Consent RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification for change of use of existing office building into 10 residential apartments with on site parking. For its prior approval to:Transport and Highways impacts of the development.Contamination risks on the site.Flooding risks on the site.

Received
18 February 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Homewood
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 14 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Excelsior House Ufton Lane Sittingbourne Kent. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 6 weeks quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Homewood.

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

Application type
Prior Notification - Class O
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
10

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2016
Target decision date
14 April 2016
Application expires
14 April 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
F.A.O Mr T Day 43 Park Road Sittingbourne ME10 1DY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    18 Oct

    Change of use of A2 offices to 1no. one bedroom and 1no. two bedroom residential flats with internal and…

    ApprovedFull21/505533/FULL
  2. 2017
    1 Nov

    Retrospective application for a single storey meter cupboard.

    ApprovedFull17/505727/FULL
  3. 2017
    29 Sep

    Advertisement Consent for 5 Fascia Signs and 6 Internal LED window displays, as amended by the revised fascia…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent17/504898/ADV
  4. 2017
    7 Sep

    Submission of details pursuant to Condition 3 (Sustainable construction techniques), Condition 4 (Rendering)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions17/504629/SUB
  5. 2017
    19 Apr

    Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 3 (Sustainable Construction Techniques) Condition 4 (Rendering)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions17/502099/SUB
  6. 2016
    1 Nov

    Conversion from B1 offices to a mixed use of A2 offices and 9 one bedroom residential apartments with…

    ApprovedFull16/507575/FULL

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