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Brenchley House 75-77 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AW

18/505791/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 18 April 2019

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the first and second floor from offices to 7no. residential units with associated internal alterations and removal of a Victorian bay window on the flank rear west wing.

Received
16 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
  1. Received16 Nov
  2. Validated16 Nov
  3. Consult.21 Dec
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 153 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Brenchley House 75-77 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AW. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 14 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 4 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 4AW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 November 2018
Consultation expiry
21 December 2018
Last date for comments
21 December 2018
Target decision date
23 April 2019
Permission expires
18 April 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Gary Edwards 83 Clock House Road Beckenham BR3 4JU

Planning decision

Statutory period
158 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 November 2018
Advertisement expiry
21 December 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07397280
Documents
23
Constraints
9

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. 2018
    16 Nov

    Change of use of the first and second floor from offices to 7no. residential units with associated internal…

    This applicationApprovedFull18/505791/FULL
  2. 2018
    16 Nov

    Listed Building consent for the change of use of the first and second floor from offices to 7no. residential…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside18/505792/LBC

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