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9 Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1XF

MC/19/3307Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 March 2020

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Conversion of building from three flats to five self-contained flats incorporating a two storey extension to rear with dormers and roof lights; insertion of windows to existing side elevation (demolition of existing single storey rear wc extension) - resubmission of MC/19/2563

Received
23 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Gillingham North Ward
Agent
Insight Architects
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 9 Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1XF. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Railway Street conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 1XF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2020
Consultation expiry
5 February 2020
Consultation start
15 January 2020
Consultation end
5 February 2020
Neighbour consultation start
15 January 2020
Neighbour consultation end
5 February 2020
Last date for comments
5 February 2020
Target decision date
5 March 2020
Permission expires
5 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Insight Architects
Agent address
The Joiners Shop The Historic Dockyard Chatham ME4 4TZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 January 2020
Advertisement expiry
3 February 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08386366
Documents
7
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Railway Street, Gillingham
  • Article 4 direction: Gillingham South
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Railway Street
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2019
    23 Dec

    Conversion of building from three flats to five self-contained flats incorporating a two storey extension to…

    This applicationApproval with ConditionsFullMC/19/3307
  2. 2019
    27 Sep

    Conversion of building from three flats to five self-contained flats incorporating a part two/part three…

    RefusedFull ApplicationPart ofMC/19/2563

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