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Pear Tree House 68 West Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1EF

MC/23/2683Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 February 2024

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from office to six x 1 bed flats, including three small single storey infill extensions and a first floor extension and roof extension incorporating a loft conversion, plus the installation of two first floor windows and one flat entrance door to facilitate - Re-submission of MC/23/0376

Received
30 November 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Gillingham South
Agent
Insight Architects
  1. Received30 Nov
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target19 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at Pear Tree House 68 West Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1EF. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 4 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 1EF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2023
Consultation expiry
12 January 2024
Consultation start
15 December 2023
Consultation end
8 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
19 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
12 January 2024
Last date for comments
12 January 2024
Target decision date
19 February 2024
Committee meeting
14 February 2024
Permission expires
16 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Insight Architects
Agent address
The Joiners Shop The Historic Dockyard Chatham ME4 4TZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
73 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 December 2023
Site notice end
11 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12643095
Documents
12
Constraints
6

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.

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© 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.

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  2. 2024
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  3. 2023
    30 Nov

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