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Employ My Ability Thorngrove Garden Centre Common Mead Lane Gillingham SP8 4RE

P/FUL/2026/02257Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 29 July 2026

Council decision: Granted2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Retain 6no. portable buildings to provide additional facilities to accommodate students

Submitted
20 May 2026
Ward
Gillingham Ward
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 70 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Employ My Ability Thorngrove Garden Centre Common Mead Lane Gillingham SP8 4RE. Dorset has handled 11,876 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 4 weeks longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Gillingham Ward. We hold 545 applications in total for the SP8 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SP8 4RE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gillingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Portakabin Limited Coaster Place Cardiff CF10 4XZ

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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