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Flat 1 56-58 Balmoral Road Gillingham ME7 4PG

MC/16/3239Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 23 September 2016

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Construction of a second storey over the existing commercial property and first and second storey extension to the side including four dormers within the roof, four storey rear extension to provide an additional two 1-Bedroomed flats and four studio flats including associated rear staircases access

Received
29 July 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Gillingham South Ward
Agent
Arks Design Studio Limited
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.25 Aug
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Flat 1 56-58 Balmoral Road Gillingham ME7 4PG. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the ME7 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
ME7 4PG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2016
Consultation expiry
22 September 2016
Consultation start
4 August 2016
Consultation end
25 August 2016
Neighbour consultation start
5 October 2016
Neighbour consultation end
13 September 2016
Last date for comments
25 August 2016
Target decision date
23 September 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Arks Design Studio Limited
Architect profile
ARKS DESIGN STUDIO LIMITED
Agent address
1-4 The Parade Monarch Way Ilford IG2 7HT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
22 September 2016
Site notice start
1 September 2016
Site notice end
22 September 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05365787
Documents
16
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.

  • 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

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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