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Unit 1-3 Bell Shopping Centre High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AY

25/501250/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 18 March 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing single ground floor restaurant unit into 2 no. restaurant units, including installation of a new doorway, internal extract system and alteration to existing rear exhaust flue.

Received
31 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chalkwell
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.28 May
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 352 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Unit 1-3 Bell Shopping Centre High Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4AY. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 352 days, 42 weeks longer than Mid Kent's typical decision time. The site is in the High Street, Sittingbourne conservation area, with 7 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.

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 4AY
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2025
Consultation expiry
28 May 2025
Last date for comments
28 May 2025
Target decision date
19 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
111 Redwald House London E5 0JQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
353 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 April 2025
Advertisement expiry
1 May 2025
Site notice start
7 May 2025
Site notice end
28 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13887915
Documents
24

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 StreetPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Land rear of 45-55 High Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4BJRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 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.

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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