161 Marlborough Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5HP

MC/24/0918Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 2 July 2024

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from dwelling (Class C3) to a residential care home (Class C2) for three children

Received: 3 May 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 4
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Gillingham South

ReceivedReceived3 May
ValidatedValidated7 May
Consult.Consultation29 May
TargetTarget Date2 Jul
DecidedDecided2 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 161 Marlborough Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5HP. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Brompton Lines conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5HP
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 May 2024
Consultation expiry: 4 June 2024
Consultation start: 7 May 2024
Consultation end: 29 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 8 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 30 May 2024
Last date for comments: 4 June 2024
Target decision date: 2 July 2024
Permission expires: 2 July 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Birchmere South Road Hythe CT21 6AT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 16 May 2024
Advertisement expiry: 30 May 2024
Site notice start: 13 May 2024
Site notice end: 4 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13034906
Documents: 9
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Brompton Lines
Article 4 direction: Brompton Lines(1)+1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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Source: Medway

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