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159 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6JG

MC/23/2860HouseholderApproved

Approved on 15 February 2024

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part retrospective construction of a two storey extension to front with integral garage porch canopy,along with two storey extensions to side and rear - Demolition of the detached garage

Received
23 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fort Pitt
Agent
Ripley Architecture
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated28 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target22 Feb
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 159 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6JG. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Fort Pitt. We hold 450 applications in total for the ME4 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
ME4 6JG
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 December 2023
Consultation expiry
24 January 2024
Consultation start
2 January 2024
Consultation end
23 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
3 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
24 January 2024
Last date for comments
24 January 2024
Target decision date
22 February 2024
Permission expires
15 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ripley Architecture
Agent address
30 Boxley Road Chatham ME5 9LF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12697503
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Fort Pitt
  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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© 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.

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