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Matts Hill Farm, Matts Hill Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME9 7UY

MC/11/0474Obs. Application from other LARefused

Refused on 6 January 2011

Council decision: Raise Objections

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

Proposal

Consultation under Article 16 of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development Procedure) Order 1995 for retrospective application for change of use of agricultural buildings Unit 1 & 2 to to B2 general industrial use and external storage areas

Received
22 October 2010
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Jan

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at MATTS HILL FARM, MATTS HILL LANE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME9 7UY. Medway has handled 5,390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
ME9 7UY
Application type
Obs. Application from other LA

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent
Swale Borough Council
Agent address
Swale House, East Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3HT

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2010
    28 Oct

    Retrospective application for the parking of vehicles including HGVs within the site

    RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongsideMC/10/3963
  2. 2010
    22 Oct

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

    This applicationRefusedApplicationMC/11/0474
  3. 2010
    15 Oct

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

    RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongsideMC/10/3811

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