31-35 Balmoral Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QB
Refused on 14 October 2019
Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee
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Proposal
Change of use from solicitors offices to residential (C3) together with the construction of a three-storey extension; three pitched roof dormers to the rear; 2 pitched dormers to form new doorways; metal staircase and raised access to rear to facilitate the provision of five 2-bedroom flats and four new 1-bedroom flat.
- Received
- 16 April 2019
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 7
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Gillingham South Ward
- Agent
- Cyma Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived16 Apr
- ValidatedValidated1 May
- Consult.Consultation23 Jul
- TargetTarget Date9 Oct
- DecidedDecided14 Oct
Decided in 166 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 31-35 Balmoral Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QB. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 181 days, 18 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 4QB
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 May 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 15 October 2019
- Consultation start
- 2 July 2019
- Consultation end
- 23 July 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 October 2019
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 October 2019
- Last date for comments
- 15 October 2019
- Target decision date
- 9 October 2019
- Committee meeting
- 18 September 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Cyma Architects Ltd
- Agent address
- 55 The Old High Street Folkestone CT20 1RN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 161 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 May 2019
- Site notice end
- 6 June 2019
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 20/00009/REF
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07772906
- Documents
- 35
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Gillingham South
- Brownfield land register: Land at 1-3 Connaught Road GillinghamRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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