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Matts Hill Farm Matts Hill Lane Rainham Gillingham ME9 7UY

MC/10/3811Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 28 April 2011

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Retrospective application for change of use from agricultural silage storage area and bunded open storage area to bunded open storage area (Class B8)

Received
15 October 2010
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Rainham South Ward
Agent
Miller Ankas Ltd
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated29 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Matts Hill Farm Matts Hill Lane Rainham Gillingham ME9 7UY. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 195 days, 20 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 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
ME9 7UY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 December 2010
Consultation expiry
31 January 2011
Consultation start
10 January 2011
Consultation end
31 January 2011
Neighbour consultation start
10 January 2011
Neighbour consultation end
31 January 2011
Last date for comments
31 January 2011
Committee meeting
27 April 2011
Decision issued
11 May 2011
Application expires
9 February 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent
Miller Ankas Ltd
Agent address
Unit 4 New Court 1 New Road Rochester Kent ME1 1BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
31 January 2011
Site notice end
31 January 2011

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, 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.

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© 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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2010
    22 Oct

    Consultation under Article 16 of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development Procedure) Order…

    RefusedObs. Application from other LAFiled alongsideMC/11/0474
  2. 2010
    15 Oct

    Retrospective application for change of use from agricultural silage storage area and bunded open storage…

    This applicationRefusedFullMC/10/3811

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