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1-3 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AY

19/503785/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 19 February 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing retail unit to mixed use: restaurant (A3) and take away (A5) including internal alterations to provide WC and installation of external extraction system

Received
29 July 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Jan
  4. Target19 Feb
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 571 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1-3 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AY. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 571 days, 74 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the High Street, Sittingbourne conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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 4AY
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2019
Consultation expiry
7 January 2021
Last date for comments
26 January 2021
Target decision date
19 February 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr David Martinez Centuries 35 East Street Blandford Forum DT11 7DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
571 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 August 2019
Advertisement expiry
29 August 2019
Site notice start
17 December 2020
Site notice end
7 January 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08028012
Documents
30
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sittingbourne
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Sittingbourne High Street
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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© 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: Mid Kent

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