54 Beechwood Avenue Darland Chatham ME5 7HJ
Refused on 9 September 2016
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
An application for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for the construction of a single storey extension to rear and insertion of dormer window to rear and roof lights to front to facilitate living accommodation in the roof space - demolition of single storey rear extension
- Received
- 19 July 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Watling Ward
- Agent
- Design United
- ReceivedReceived19 Jul
- ValidatedValidated19 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date13 Sep
- DecidedDecided9 Sep
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at 54 Beechwood Avenue Darland Chatham ME5 7HJ. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 postcode area.
89% of outline 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 7HJ
- Application type
- Certificate of Proposed Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 July 2016
- Target decision date
- 13 September 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Design United
- Architect profile
- DESIGN UNITED LTD
- Agent address
- Inderhald Woodlands Close Bromley BR1 2BD
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Rachel Flintoft
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: Watling
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201728 Jun
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for the construction of dormer to rear and roof…
ApprovedCertificate of Proposed UseMC/17/2280 - 20164 Oct
Construction of a single storey rear extension - demolition of existing single storey rear element
Approval with ConditionsHouseholderMC/16/4084
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