First Floor 10-14 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PD
Refused on 26 September 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior notification for the change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 6no. one bedroom flats (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; 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
- 1 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Maidstone Borough Council
- Ward
- Chalkwell
- ReceivedReceived1 Aug
- ValidatedValidated1 Aug
- Consult.Consultation3 Sep
- TargetTarget Date26 Sep
- DecidedDecided26 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at First Floor 10-14 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PD. Mid Kent has handled 1,141 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the High Street, Sittingbourne conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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 4PD
- Application type
- Prior Notification Class MA
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 August 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 3 September 2024
- Last date for comments
- 3 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 26 September 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mrs Emma Gregson 8 The Orpines Wateringbury Kent ME18 5BP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 13 August 2024
- Site notice end
- 3 September 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13264214
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Sittingbourne
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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Source: Mid Kent
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