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Chatham Grammar School For Girls Rainham Road Gillingham Chatham Medway ME5 7EH

MC/19/3159Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 February 2020

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a two-storey teaching block providing seven classrooms with associated WC's, storage, circulation and offices together with alterations to the existing car parking areas and the provision of a new parking area (demolition of three existing teaching blocks)

Received
3 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Luton And Wayfield Ward
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated17 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Jan
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Chatham Grammar School For Girls Rainham Road Gillingham Chatham Medway ME5 7EH. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 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
ME5 7EH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 December 2019
Consultation expiry
12 January 2020
Consultation start
17 December 2019
Consultation end
11 January 2020
Neighbour consultation start
18 December 2019
Neighbour consultation end
12 January 2020
Last date for comments
12 January 2020
Target decision date
11 February 2020
Permission expires
11 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Munday + Cramer
Agent address
39 Knight Street South Woodham Ferrers Chelmsford CM3 5ZL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08285582
Documents
23
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Luton
  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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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.

© 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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