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The Haven 89 Rock Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 5PX

MC/23/1396Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 August 2023

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of 6 bedroom house of multiple occupation (Class C4) to 8 bedroom house of multiple occupation (Sui Generis) with associated internal alterations

Received
21 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Gillingham South
Agent
ArorasPractice Ltd
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.17 Jul
  4. Target16 Aug
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Haven 89 Rock Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 5PX. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There has been 1 other application 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 5PX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 June 2023
Consultation expiry
27 July 2023
Consultation start
26 June 2023
Consultation end
17 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
26 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
17 July 2023
Last date for comments
27 July 2023
Target decision date
16 August 2023
Decision issued
16 August 2023
Permission expires
16 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
ArorasPractice Ltd
Architect profile
ARORASPRACTICE LTD
Agent address
383 HYTHE ROAD, WILLESBOROUGH ASHFORD TN24 0QF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 July 2023
Site notice end
27 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12237430
Documents
8
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

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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