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226 232 Chatham Hill Chatham Kent ME5 7BA

MC/05/2173Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 25 April 2006

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use of land from vehicle spares, storage and parking to a car hire business

Received
25 July 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Luton And Wayfield Ward
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Apr

Decided in 169 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 226 232 Chatham Hill Chatham Kent ME5 7BA. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 274 days, 31 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 postcode area.

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

Postcode
ME5 7BA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2005
Consultation expiry
9 February 2006
Consultation end
9 February 2006
Neighbour consultation end
9 February 2006
Application expires
1 January 2006

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Luton
  • 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

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.

Source: Medway

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