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20 Leigh Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 3FF

25/503206/FULLFullApproved

Approved on 16 October 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Section 73 Application for Variation of condition 3 (to include residential accommodation for persons who require treatment for alcohol abuse or a children's residential care home for 1 child, age between 10 -16 to meet the specific needs of young person with complex emotional/behavioural difficulties. pursuant to application 23/504808/FULL for Change of Use from a Residential to a C2 Residential Accommodation Use.

Received
22 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Murston
  1. Received22 Aug
  2. Validated22 Aug
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target17 Oct
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 20 Leigh Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 3FF. Mid Kent has handled 5,216 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. 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 3FF
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 August 2025
Consultation expiry
7 October 2025
Last date for comments
7 October 2025
Target decision date
17 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 September 2025
Site notice end
7 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14218230
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    22 Aug

    Section 73 Application for Variation of condition 3 (to include residential accommodation for persons who…

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/503206/FULL
  2. 2023
    24 Nov

    Change of Use from a Residential to a C2 Residential Accommodation Use.

    ApprovedFullPart of23/504808/FULL

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