54 Beechwood Avenue Darland Chatham ME5 7HJ
Approved on 10 July 2017
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for the construction of dormer to rear and roof lights to front to facilitate loft conversion
- Received
- 28 June 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Watling Ward
- Agent
- Design United
- ReceivedReceived28 Jun
- ValidatedValidated28 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Aug
- DecidedDecided10 Jul
Decided in 12 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 54 Beechwood Avenue Darland Chatham ME5 7HJ. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 12 days, 6 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 postcode area.
89% of outline 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
- ME5 7HJ
- Application type
- Certificate of Proposed Use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 June 2017
- Target decision date
- 23 August 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Design United
- Architect profile
- DESIGN UNITED LTD
- Agent address
- Inderhald Woodlands Close Bromley BR1 2BD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20164 Oct
Construction of a single storey rear extension - demolition of existing single storey rear element
Approval with ConditionsHouseholderMC/16/4084 - 201619 Jul
An application for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for the construction of a single storey…
RefusedCertificate of Proposed UseMC/16/3085
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