Magnet Ambley Road Gillingham Business Park Gillingham Medway ME8 0PU
Approved on 22 January 2021
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Subdivision of existing unit into two units, including installation of mezzanine floor into new eastern unit, together with external alterations and parking layout.
- Received
- 28 July 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Watling Ward
- ReceivedReceived28 Jul
- ValidatedValidated7 Aug
- Consult.Consultation9 Sep
- TargetTarget Date22 Jan
- DecidedDecided22 Jan
Decided in 168 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Magnet Ambley Road Gillingham Business Park Gillingham Medway ME8 0PU. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 178 days, 17 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 802 applications in total for the ME8 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
- ME8 0PU
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 August 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 17 September 2020
- Consultation start
- 18 August 2020
- Consultation end
- 9 September 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 August 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 September 2020
- Last date for comments
- 17 September 2020
- Target decision date
- 22 January 2021
- Permission expires
- 22 January 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Firstplan
- Agent address
- Broadwall House 21 Broadwall London SE1 9PL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 168 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08739401
- Documents
- 40
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Watling
- Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site
- Local nature reserve: Ambley WoodPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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Associated applications
- 202128 Jan
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission MC/20/1812
Approval with ConditionsNon-material amendmentAmendmentMC/21/0242 - 202028 Jul
Subdivision of existing unit into two units, including installation of mezzanine floor into new eastern unit…
This applicationApproval with ConditionsFullMC/20/1812 - 202028 Jul
Tree figures 1 to 13 - specifications as shown in arboricultural assessment
WithdrawnTPO Prune and/or Fell TreesFiled alongsideTPA/20/1814
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202622 Oct
Construction of alteration to the elevations to provide a new entrance to the building.
PendingApplicationMC/26/2044 - 20266 Jan
Change of use of building (commercial) to retail uses within use Class E
Approval with ConditionsFull ApplicationMC/26/0013 - 201928 May
Application for Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) to allow for unrestricted Class A1 (retail) use
WithdrawnCertificate of Proposed UseMC/19/1371
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