A town’s high street could get a facelift as part of plans to stack 24 new flats on top of a row of shops.

The new homes have been earmarked for part of the Pentagon Shopping Centre in Chatham, opposite Primark.

Steve Chawla, represented by Prime Folio, has applied to Medway Council to extend the upper floors above the former Dorothy Perkins unit.

If approved, the scheme would create 21 one-bed and three two-bed flats across three floors above the shop level.

It would also see the outside appearance of those floors change, adding balconies and windows, as well as the addition of a rooftop terrace and garden.

The shopping unit on the ground floor, accessible from the street and from inside the Pentagon, would be retained in its current use as a Love Labels outlet.

To be realised, the first floor would need to be extended to be flush with the front of the unit and then two floors added above.

There would be eight flats on each floor, offering space for up to 51 residents.

Three of the balconies would be for the exclusive use of the owner of the two-bed flats while the six other balconies would be shared by two flats each.

The flats have combined living and dining areas, a bathroom, and a utility room.

In the plans from the Maidstone-based Prime Folio, the designers say they have taken inspiration for the façade from other 19th-century buildings along the High Street.

The scheme will include a “modern version” of a mansard roof and arched canopies over the balconies.

No parking will be included within the development, but the flats will be within 400m of Chatham railway station, aside from being in the centre of the town.

And the flats wouldn’t be far from health facilities with part of the first floor earmarked for the James Williams Health Centre following its £15million sign-off last year.

Police have made recommendations for what should be included in the proposals in order to reduce crime, including CCTV systems and electronic doors.

The application was submitted on October 10 and is being considered by Medway Council’s planning officers.

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Members of the public can submit responses to the designs via the authority’s planning portal.