12 Railway Street Chatham Medway ME4 4JL
Approved on 17 July 2024
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from a 6 person house in multiple occupation to a 9 person house in multiple occupation
- Received
- 17 May 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Chatham Central & Brompton
- Agent
- DKM Consultants LTD
- ReceivedReceived17 May
- ValidatedValidated22 May
- Consult.Consultation13 Jun
- TargetTarget Date17 Jul
- DecidedDecided17 Jul
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 12 Railway Street Chatham Medway ME4 4JL. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Chatham Central & Brompton. 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 4JL
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 14 June 2024
- Consultation start
- 22 May 2024
- Consultation end
- 13 June 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 May 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 June 2024
- Last date for comments
- 14 June 2024
- Target decision date
- 17 July 2024
- Permission expires
- 17 July 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DKM Consultants LTD
- Agent address
- 82 Longdfellow Road Gillingham ME7 5QQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13060329
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Chatham Central & Brompton
- 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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