23 Watling Street Gillingham Chatham ME5 7EP
Proposal
Prior Notification of a proposed change of use from A2 (financial and professional services) to Class A3 (restaurants and cafes) together with installation of extraction flue
- Received
- 15 November 2016
- Decided
- 16 January 2017 · Prior Approval Required - Approved
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Watling Ward
- ReceivedReceived15 Nov
- ValidatedValidated21 Nov
- Consult.Consultation19 Dec
- TargetTarget Date16 Jan
- DecidedDecided16 Jan
Decided in 56 days
This is a planning application for a change of use at 23 Watling Street Gillingham Chatham ME5 7EP. Medway has handled 5,292 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Medway's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 461 applications in total for the ME5 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning 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.
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