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Unit 1 Sittingbourne Retail Park Mill Way Sittingbourne ME10 2XD

18/506697/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 3 May 2019

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 16 of application SW/98/0212 (Outline application for demolition of existing buildings and erection of A1 non-food retail unit and A3 restaurant, associated access and highway works, ancillary servicing area and car parking.) to allow to following categories of goods to be sold from Unit 1 limited to floorspace areas specified and provided that the unit is occupied by a single retailer: (i) Food up to 300sq.m. (ii) Toys up to 200sq.m. (iii) Non Fashion Clothing up to 50sq.m. (iv) Toiletries up to 100sq.m. (v) Kitchenware and glassware up to 200sq.m.

Received
4 January 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
  1. Received4 Jan
  2. Validated4 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided3 May

Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Unit 1 Sittingbourne Retail Park Mill Way Sittingbourne ME10 2XD. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 3 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
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 January 2019
Consultation expiry
11 February 2019
Last date for comments
11 February 2019
Target decision date
3 May 2019
Permission expires
3 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Mark Wood 12 The Glenmore Centre Jessop Court Waterwells Business Park Gloucester GL2 2AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
119 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 January 2019
Advertisement expiry
8 February 2019
Site notice start
21 January 2019
Site notice end
11 February 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07447829
Documents
20
Constraints
18

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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Kent

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