Plans to turn a once popular school uniform shop into a kebab house have been given the green light. The owners of The Sewing Shop, in Echo Square, Gravesend, unexpectedly announced the store had closed earlier this year due to health reasons. At the time parents who were waiting to collect orders were shocked to find a note on the door telling them the business was shut. It directed them to the new supplier, Simmonds and Sons, a 10-mile drive away at the Dockside Outlet Centre in Chatham. The sign, dated May 12, added: “Exciting news. The Sewing Shop is now part of Simmonds and Co Ltd. “If yo…