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35 - 37 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AP

16/503575/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 22 August 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of part of ground floor from retail use to 4 dwellings with associated external windows, doors and rooflights

Received
24 May 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated24 May
  3. Consult.24 Jun
  4. Target19 Jul
  5. Decided22 Aug

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 35 - 37 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AP. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the High Street, Sittingbourne conservation area, with 12 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 4AP
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 May 2016
Consultation expiry
24 June 2016
Last date for comments
24 June 2016
Target decision date
19 July 2016
Permission expires
22 August 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Wises Oast Business Centre Wises Lane Borden Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8LR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 June 2016
Advertisement expiry
24 June 2016
Site notice start
2 June 2016
Site notice end
23 June 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05083309
Documents
19
Constraints
15

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.

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

  1. 2022
    12 Sep

    Submission of details pursuant to condition 3 (rooflights and baluster, and a vertical section of the…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/504323/SUB
  2. 2016
    24 May

    Change of use of part of ground floor from retail use to 4 dwellings with associated external windows, doors…

    This applicationApprovedFull16/503575/FULL

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