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Thompson Hall St Michaels Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 3DN

23/500131/FULLFullRefused

Refused on 6 April 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing building and erection of mixed-use block comprising 2no. Class E Commercial units at ground floor and 9no. Class C3 one bed residential flats at first, second and third floors.

Received
27 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.15 Mar
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided6 Apr

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Thompson Hall St Michaels Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 3DN. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the High Street, Sittingbourne conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 3DN
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2023
Consultation expiry
15 March 2023
Last date for comments
15 March 2023
Target decision date
7 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr James Smith 107 Willow Way Hurstpierpoint Hassocks BN6 9TQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 February 2023
Advertisement expiry
2 March 2023
Site notice start
22 February 2023
Site notice end
15 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11761566
Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: SittingbournePart of the site
  • 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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  2. 2023
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