1 London Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1NQ
Approved on 30 September 2022
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior notification for the change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 5no. dwellinghouses (Use Class C3). For its prior approval to: Transport impacts of the development, particularly to ensure safe site access - Contamination risks in relation to the building - Flooding risks in relation to the building - Impacts of noise from commercial premises on the intended occupiers of the development - Where the building is located in a conservation area, and the development involves a change of use of the whole or part of the ground floor, the impact of that change of use on the character or sustainability of the conservation area - The provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses - The impact on intended occupiers of the development of the introduction of residential use in an area the authority considers to be important for general or heavy industry, waste management, storage and distribution, or a mix of such uses; and where the development involves the loss of services provided by a registered nursery, or a health centre maintained under section 2 or 3 of the National Health Service Act - The impact on the local provision of the type of services lost - Where the development meets the fire risk condition, the fire safety impacts on the intended occupants of the building.
- Received
- 10 August 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Homewood
- ReceivedReceived10 Aug
- ValidatedValidated10 Aug
- Consult.Consultation8 Sep
- TargetTarget Date5 Oct
- DecidedDecided30 Sep
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 1 London Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 1NQ. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Mid Kent's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Homewood. We hold 2,142 applications in total for the ME10 postcode area.
83% of outline 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 1NQ
- Application type
- Prior Notification Class MA
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 August 2022
- Last date for comments
- 8 September 2022
- Target decision date
- 5 October 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Rob Hewson 64 Nile Street London N1 7SR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Economic House, 25-29 London Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1FHRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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