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60-64 Canterbury Street Gillingham Kent.

MC/02/2363Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 16 April 2003

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from retail to restaurant and take-away

Received
22 November 2002
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Historic Wards
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.7 Jan
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 145 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 60-64 Canterbury Street Gillingham Kent.. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 13 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

89% of full applications at Medway Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2002
Consultation expiry
7 January 2003
Neighbour consultation start
28 November 2002
Neighbour consultation end
7 January 2003
Target decision date
16 January 2003
Decision issued
24 April 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent
Kingsley Smith & Co
Agent address
81, 87, 89 High Street Chatham Kent ME4 4EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Gillingham South
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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

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© 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.

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