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49-51 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AW

20/500099/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 6 August 2020

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from phone repair shop to a tanning salon (part retrospective).

Received
20 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.22 Jun
  4. Target7 Aug
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 168 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 49-51 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AW. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 16 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the High Street, Sittingbourne conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 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
20 February 2020
Consultation expiry
30 March 2020
Last date for comments
22 June 2020
Target decision date
7 August 2020
Permission expires
6 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Kemp House 152 City Road London EC1V 2NX

Planning decision

Statutory period
169 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 March 2020
Advertisement expiry
26 March 2020
Site notice start
9 March 2020
Site notice end
30 March 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08413094
Documents
20
Constraints
10

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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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    13 Feb

    Conversion of the basement area for residential use, providing 2 no. one bedroom flats including insertion of…

    PendingFull23/500664/FULL
  2. 2023
    13 Feb

    Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations including removal of internal wall, insertion…

    PendingListed building consent23/500665/LBC
  3. 2020
    31 Mar

    Change of use from a phone repair shop to a tanning salon (Sui Generis Use Class) (work started).

    ApprovedListed building consent20/501525/LBC
  4. 2018
    29 Oct

    Listed Building Consent for proposed conversion of the basement area to provide 1no. 2 bed residential unit.

    ApprovedListed building consent18/505538/LBC
  5. 2018
    29 Oct

    Conversion of the basement area to provide 1no. 2 bed residential unit.

    ApprovedFull18/505537/FULL

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