George Yard High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AW
Withdrawn on 17 May 2016
Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use and conversion of the existing commercial building to 3 no.1 bedroom apartments and 1no.2 bedroom apartments, together with a roof extension, external alterations and the addition of Juliette Balconies and external staircase.
- Received
- 17 March 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Chalkwell
- ReceivedReceived17 Mar
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation6 May
- TargetTarget Date12 May
- DecidedDecided17 May
Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at George Yard High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AW. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 61 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the High Street, Sittingbourne conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 March 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 22 April 2016
- Last date for comments
- 6 May 2016
- Target decision date
- 12 May 2016
- Decision issued
- 18 May 2016
- Application expires
- 12 May 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Tower Farm House Faversham Road Ashford Kent TN25 4HT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 1 April 2016
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 April 2016
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-04881568
- Documents
- 27
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Sittingbourne
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20178 Jun
Change of use from D2 to D1 for use as a place of worship
ApprovedFull17/502647/FULL - 201617 Feb
Listed Building Consent for proposed part change of use at Ground Floor to form living accommodation with…
ApprovedListed building consent16/501175/LBC - 201617 Feb
Proposed part change of use at ground floor to form living accommodation with internal alterations.
ApprovedFull16/501174/FULL
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