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Grass Verge Outside 253-255 London Road (opposite 15-16 Caldew Avenue) Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 6YR

MC/21/2273Prior Notification TelecommunicationsRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 22 September 2021

Council decision: Prior Appoval Required - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior approval under Part 16 Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for installation of a 18m Phase 8 monopole C/W wrapround cabinet at base and associated ancillary works

Received
30 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Rainham Central Ward
Agent
WHP Telecoms Limited
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Aug
  4. Target24 Sep
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Grass Verge Outside 253-255 London Road (opposite 15-16 Caldew Avenue) Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 6YR. Medway has handled 20 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 806 applications in total for the ME8 postcode area.

90% of all 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 6YR
Application type
Prior Notification Telecommunications
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2021
Consultation expiry
26 August 2021
Consultation start
5 August 2021
Consultation end
26 August 2021
Neighbour consultation start
5 August 2021
Neighbour consultation end
26 August 2021
Last date for comments
26 August 2021
Target decision date
24 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
WHP Telecoms Limited
Agent address
Troy Mills Helena House Troy Road Horsforth Leeds LS18 5GN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10069569
Documents
7
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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.

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