Land At 1-3 Connaught Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QD

MC/23/1381Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 26 January 2024

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of 6no existing properties and construction of a block of 14 apartments along with associated bin and bike store, communal garden area, landscaping and other associated works including the installation of climbing shrubs and solar panels.

Received: 19 June 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 10
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Gillingham South
Agent: DHA Planning

ReceivedReceived19 Jun
ValidatedValidated23 Jun
Consult.Consultation26 Jul
TargetTarget Date30 Nov
DecidedDecided26 Jan

Decided in 217 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Land At 1-3 Connaught Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QD. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 221 days, 24 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Gillingham South. 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 4QD
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 14

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 June 2023
Consultation expiry: 26 July 2023
Consultation start: 5 July 2023
Consultation end: 26 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 3 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 24 July 2023
Last date for comments: 26 July 2023
Target decision date: 30 November 2024
Permission expires: 26 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: DHA Planning
Agent address: Eclipse Park, Eclipse House Sittingbourne Road Maidstone ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Case officer: Sam Pilbeam
Statutory period: 526 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 6 July 2023
Advertisement expiry: 20 July 2023
Site notice start: 28 June 2023
Site notice end: 19 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12238296
Documents: 20
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
Brownfield land register: Land at 1-3 Connaught Road GillinghamRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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