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5 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AY

16/507966/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 30 January 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing ground floor shop to shop/office/café with residential access and new shopfront. Change of use of first and second floor to create 4no. 1 bedroom flats, and a third floor extension to provide 2no. 1 bedroom flats.

Received
23 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.30 Dec
  4. Target18 Jan
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AY. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the High Street, Sittingbourne conservation area, with 6 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 4AY
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2016
Consultation expiry
30 December 2016
Last date for comments
30 December 2016
Target decision date
18 January 2017
Permission expires
30 January 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
F.A.O Mr Colin Sharpe The Grange Market Square Westerham TN16 1HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 December 2016
Advertisement expiry
30 December 2016
Site notice start
30 November 2016
Site notice end
28 December 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05624838
Documents
19
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: SittingbournePart of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Sittingbourne High StreetPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Land rear of 45-55 High Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4BJRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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, 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    3 Mar

    Temporary change of use for 2 years from retail to D2 (Crossfit Affiliate)

    ApprovedFull17/500792/FULL

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