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First Floor 10-14 High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4PD

24/503165/PNMAPrior Notification Class MARefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 26 September 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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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)
Ward
Chalkwell
  1. Received1 Aug
  2. Validated1 Aug
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target26 Sep
  5. Decided26 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

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mid Kent

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