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2-4 Canterbury Street Gillingham Medway ME7 5TS

MC/20/0533Full ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 8 July 2020

Council decision: RefusalPlanning committee

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Proposal

Change of use from office to HMO residential to provide 12 bedsits, single storey rear extension together with roof extension

Received
26 February 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Gillingham South Ward
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target1 Jul
  5. Decided8 Jul

Decided in 111 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 2-4 Canterbury Street Gillingham Medway ME7 5TS. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 11 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 5TS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2020
Consultation expiry
17 April 2020
Consultation start
24 March 2020
Consultation end
16 April 2020
Neighbour consultation start
25 March 2020
Neighbour consultation end
17 April 2020
Last date for comments
17 April 2020
Target decision date
1 July 2020
Committee meeting
24 June 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Opes Real Estate
Agent address
Building 3 Chiswick Park 566 Chiselhurst High Road London W4 5YA

Planning decision

Statutory period
104 days

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
3

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

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© 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.

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