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1 Livingstone Circus Gillingham Medway ME7 4HA

MC/23/2033Full ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 10 January 2024

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the ground floor tattoo studio (Sui Generis) to residential (Class C3) to create a 1 bed flat with associated internal and external alterations

Received
12 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Watling
Agent
Architecture Way Ahead Limited
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.4 Oct
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided10 Jan

Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Livingstone Circus Gillingham Medway ME7 4HA. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Watling. 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 4HA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2023
Consultation expiry
6 October 2023
Consultation start
13 September 2023
Consultation end
4 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
14 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
5 October 2023
Last date for comments
6 October 2023
Target decision date
12 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architecture Way Ahead Limited
Architect profile
ARCHITECTURE WAY AHEAD LIMITED
Agent address
41 Thornbury Road Clacton-On-Sea CO15 3PB

Planning decision

Statutory period
122 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 September 2023
Site notice end
6 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12427298
Documents
10
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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)

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

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© 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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