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Breeze Cafe 162 High Street Gillingham ME7 1AJ

MC/16/5006Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 April 2017

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from A3 (Cafe) to A3 and A5 (Cafe and hot food takeaway)

Received
12 December 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gillingham North Ward
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target4 Apr
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Breeze Cafe 162 High Street Gillingham ME7 1AJ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. 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 1AJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2017
Consultation expiry
2 March 2017
Consultation start
9 February 2017
Consultation end
2 March 2017
Neighbour consultation start
9 February 2017
Neighbour consultation end
2 March 2017
Last date for comments
2 March 2017
Target decision date
4 April 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
2 March 2017
Site notice end
2 March 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05565751
Comments
0
Documents
7
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2017
    7 Aug

    Variation of condition 3 of planning permission MC/16/5006

    Approval with ConditionsVariation of conditions (s73)MC/17/2771
  2. 2016
    12 Dec

    Change of use from A3 (Cafe) to A3 and A5 (Cafe and hot food takeaway)

    This applicationApproval with ConditionsFullMC/16/5006

Source: Medway

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