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56-58 Balmoral Road Gillingham ME7 4PG

MC/17/0548Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 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 A1, A2 and A3 to D1 to facilitate a children's role play centre

Received
14 February 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gillingham South Ward
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.22 Mar
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 56-58 Balmoral Road Gillingham ME7 4PG. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. 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 4PG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2017
Consultation expiry
4 April 2017
Consultation start
1 March 2017
Consultation end
22 March 2017
Neighbour consultation start
1 March 2017
Neighbour consultation end
22 March 2017
Last date for comments
22 March 2017
Target decision date
21 April 2017
Decision issued
21 April 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 April 2017
Site notice start
14 March 2017
Site notice end
4 April 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05805422
Comments
0
Documents
8
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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