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A town centre eyesore currently home to Sports Direct is being sold with planning permission for a retail and residential development.
The 18th-century Sittingbourne High Street building is going under the hammer at a Clive Emson auction.
It is hoped a guide price of £650,000 will be enough to entice a new owner, who will enjoy prior approval for eight flats and two retail units on the dilapidated site.
Planning permission for the redevelopment of the Grade II-listed building was granted in April last year.
The development would require the demolition of a two-storey extension to the rear of the site, replacing it with a three-storey structure.
The scheme looks to accommodate two commercial spaces on the ground floor and eight flats over the first and second floors, which will include two two-bedroom flats and six one-bedroom flats.
It is not known whether or not Sports Direct plans to move out if the project ever comes to fruition.
Though still trading from the site, its £30,000-a-year lease ran out in 2023.
Prior to life as a Sports Direct, the building was home to Walmsley’s Suite Superstore.