Plans for new Sittingbourne town centre apartment blocks surface
A total of 116 properties are on the cards
Plans have been unveiled for a new block of flats in a town centre in Kent.
Documents submitted to Swale council show developers are eyeing a site in Fountain Street, Sittingbourne, for two blocks of homes.
A total of 116 properties are on the cards, according to consultants Fletcher King in their letter to the council.
Papers submitted to the authority say: “The site has been longstanding dormant ‘cleared’ land (predominantly hardstanding) surrounded by hoarding which creates a visually poor environment in this strategic and prominent location, and an unattractive gateway to the town centre.
“The application site occupies a large part of an island parcel of land within the immediate vicinity of Sittingbourne railway station.”
In 2017, permission was granted for a development on the same plot as part of the “spirit of Sittingbourne regeneration,” which would have provided 65 apartments.
However, this hasn’t progressed, and planning permissions expire after three years if no work is carried out to implement them.
The two proposed blocks would be six storeys each, and there would also be a children’s play area, under the plans.
The submission is an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Scoping Report – meaning the developers are giving Swale council early sight of the plan, so the authority can decide if an EIA is needed alongside any full application in the future.
A planning application is “anticipated to be submitted in late-spring/early-summer 2026,” according to the documents.