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2 Second Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2HX

MC/24/0107Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 11 April 2024

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to Class C2 (Children's Care Home)

Received
19 January 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
20
Ward
Watling
Agent
Chandran|Hughes Architects Ltd
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target19 Apr
  5. Decided11 Apr

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Second Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2HX. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 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 2HX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2024
Consultation expiry
13 March 2024
Consultation start
22 January 2024
Consultation end
12 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
24 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
14 February 2024
Last date for comments
22 March 2024
Target decision date
19 April 2024
Committee meeting
10 April 2024
Permission expires
11 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chandran|Hughes Architects Ltd
Agent address
16 Ardwell Avenue Ilford IG6 1AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 February 2024
Site notice end
13 March 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12738543
Documents
19
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

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.

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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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