Sittingbourne Retail Park Mill Way Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2XD

16/501963/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 16 June 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Removal of condition (xv) imposed on planning permission reference SW/98/212 to permit the creation of a retail unit of less than 650m2 at Unit 7A (as reconfigured); alteration to shop front, erection of mezzanine floor to part; relocation of loading/unloading area, rearrangement of adjacent parking area with additional spaces.

Received: 17 March 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Maidstone Borough Council
Ward: Chalkwell

ReceivedReceived17 Mar
ValidatedValidated17 Mar
Consult.Consultation14 Apr
TargetTarget Date12 May
DecidedDecided16 Jun

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Sittingbourne Retail Park Mill Way Sittingbourne Kent ME10 2XD. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications 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 2XD
Application type: Full
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 March 2016
Last date for comments: 14 April 2016
Target decision date: 12 May 2016
Application expires: 12 May 2016
Permission expires: 16 June 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address: The Old Rectory Burytown Lane Broad Blunsdon Swindon Wilts SN26 7DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-04886477
Documents: 16
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)Part of the site
Brownfield land register: The Lion, 2 Church Street, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2JYRegister site at or near this address

Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Associated applications

2016
17 Mar
Variation of condition (xvi) imposed on planning permission ref SW/98/212
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside16/501961/FULL
2016
17 Mar
Removal of condition (xv) imposed on planning permission reference SW/98/212
This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)16/501963/FULL

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Source: Mid Kent

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