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47 High Street Blue Town Sheerness Kent ME12 1RN

21/501724/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 19 July 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Section 73 - Application for minor material amendment to approved plans condition 2 (to allow relocation of the proposed refuse and cycle storage) pursuant to application 20/501697/FULL for - Change of use of a ground floor to residential, construction of a first floor extension and division of existing residential maisonette to provide an additional 3 no. dwellings.

Received
23 April 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sheerness
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.4 Jun
  4. Target19 Jul
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 87 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 47 High Street Blue Town Sheerness Kent ME12 1RN. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Sheerness. We hold 817 applications in total for the ME12 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
ME12 1RN
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Sheerness Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 April 2021
Consultation expiry
4 June 2021
Last date for comments
4 June 2021
Target decision date
19 July 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Gregory Bunce 35 Albion Place Maidstone ME14 5DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
87 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 May 2021
Advertisement expiry
3 June 2021
Site notice start
14 May 2021
Site notice end
4 June 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09688017
Documents
16
Constraints
7

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)
  • Conservation area: Sheerness : Royal Naval Dockyard and Bluetown
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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, 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. 2021
    23 Apr

    Section 73 - Application for minor material amendment to approved plans condition 2 (to allow relocation of…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)21/501724/FULL
  2. 2021
    8 Mar

    Submission of Details to Discharge Condition 3 (Handrail to the Terrace Details) Condition 4 Parts a-d (Key…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions21/501158/SUB
  3. 2020
    13 May

    Change of use of a ground floor to residential, construction of a first floor extension and division of…

    ApprovedFullPart of20/501697/FULL

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