158 Canterbury Street Gillingham ME7 5UB

MC/17/4383Full ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 6 April 2018

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use from A3 to A3/A5 to include takeaway

Received: 20 December 2017
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 4
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Gillingham South Ward

ReceivedReceived20 Dec
ValidatedValidated20 Dec
Consult.Consultation12 Jan
TargetTarget Date19 Mar
DecidedDecided6 Apr

Decided in 107 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 158 Canterbury Street Gillingham ME7 5UB. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 7 weeks 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 5UB
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 December 2017
Consultation expiry: 12 January 2018
Consultation start: 22 December 2017
Consultation end: 12 January 2018
Neighbour consultation start: 22 December 2017
Neighbour consultation end: 12 January 2018
Last date for comments: 12 January 2018
Target decision date: 19 March 2018
Committee meeting: 14 March 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period: 89 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 12 January 2018
Site notice end: 12 January 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06617777
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.

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© 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.

Source: Medway

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