A Kent town's high street will gain a dentist and six new flats after a historic home was given the go-ahead for redevelopment.

Abdication House on Rochester High Street, where James II stayed shortly before fleeing to France, has been granted permission to be repurposed for a more modern use.

An application for the redevelopment of the ground floor of the former Lloyds Bank into a dentist and the renovation of the upper floors for flats, as well as construction of a new building for flats towards the rear, were submitted in June last year.

Lloyds moved out of the grade-II listed building in 2018 and it has remained vacant since then, but now Eastgate Dental Practice is to move into the ground floor to occupy a larger space than their current premises.

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