Former Medway Fire Station Land At Star Mill Lane Gillingham Medway ME5 7HQ
Proposal
Construction of a food retail store (Class E) and 12 x apartments, split between two separate blocks comprising a ground floor retail unit and 4 apartments above fronting Watling Street with a separate building containing 8 apartments to the rear fronting Star Mill Lane with means of access and associated car parking, servicing and landscaping.
- Received
- 3 July 2023
- Decided
- 26 February 2024 · Approval with Conditions
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 17
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Watling
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- ReceivedReceived3 Jul
- ValidatedValidated18 Jul
- Consult.Consultation3 Nov
- TargetTarget Date29 Feb
- DecidedDecided26 Feb
Decided in 223 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application at Former Medway Fire Station Land At Star Mill Lane Gillingham Medway ME5 7HQ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. This one was decided in 238 days, 26 weeks longer than Medway's median. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Watling. We hold 462 applications in total for the ME5 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Watling
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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