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61 Rainham Road Gillingham ME7 5NG

MC/17/2362Office to residentialApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 1 September 2017

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification of a proposed change of use from letting agency (ground floor only) (Class A2) to dwelling (Class C3) together with alterations to windows and doors

Received
4 July 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gillingham South Ward
Agent
JCD Architecture Consultant
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.1 Aug
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 61 Rainham Road Gillingham ME7 5NG. Medway has handled 5,390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 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.

Application details

Postcode
ME7 5NG
Application type
Office to residential
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2017
Consultation expiry
7 August 2017
Consultation start
11 July 2017
Consultation end
1 August 2017
Neighbour consultation start
11 July 2017
Neighbour consultation end
1 August 2017
Last date for comments
1 August 2017
Target decision date
1 September 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
JCD Architecture Consultant
Agent address
6 Heathland View Chatham Kent ME5 7FE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
7 August 2017
Site notice start
17 July 2017
Site notice end
7 August 2017

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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