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3-5 Railway Street Gillingham ME7 1XF

MC/16/4387Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 January 2017

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from retail (Class A1) to beauty salon (Sui generis)

Received
26 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Gillingham North Ward
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated21 Nov
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 3-5 Railway Street Gillingham ME7 1XF. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Railway Street conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1XF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 November 2016
Consultation expiry
20 December 2016
Consultation start
22 November 2016
Consultation end
13 December 2016
Neighbour consultation start
16 January 2017
Neighbour consultation end
13 December 2016
Last date for comments
13 December 2016
Target decision date
16 January 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 December 2016
Advertisement expiry
19 December 2016
Site notice start
29 November 2016
Site notice end
20 December 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05550195
Documents
5
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.

  • Conservation area: Railway Street, Gillingham
  • Article 4 direction: Gillingham South
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Railway Street
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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