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32 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PD

22/501846/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 24 June 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part change of use of commercial unit to 1no. two bed apartment, 1no. one bed apartment and 1no. studio, including retention of retail unit to ground floor and changes to fenestration to reinstate bricked up openings (revised scheme to 20/502773/FULL)

Received
11 April 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
  1. Received11 Apr
  2. Validated11 Apr
  3. Consult.2 Jun
  4. Target24 Jun
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 32 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PD. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 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 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 4PD
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 April 2022
Consultation expiry
26 May 2022
Last date for comments
2 June 2022
Target decision date
24 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO: Mr Richard Hobden 5 Maidstone Buildings Mews 72-76 Borough High Street London SE1 1GN

Planning decision

Statutory period
74 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 May 2022
Advertisement expiry
26 May 2022
Site notice start
5 May 2022
Site notice end
26 May 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11007889
Documents
20

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. 2022
    11 Apr

    Part change of use of commercial unit to 1no. two bed apartment, 1no. one bed apartment and 1no. studio…

    This applicationApprovedFull22/501846/FULL
  2. 2022
    7 Apr

    Part change of use of commercial unit to 1no. two bed apartment, 1no. one bed apartment and 1no. studio…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside22/501847/LBC

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