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Danecourt School Hotel Road Gillingham Medway ME8 6AA

MC/24/1037Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 25 July 2024

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a single storey detached teaching block together with additional staff parking - demolition of existing timber building

Received
20 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Twydall
Agent
Bailey Partnership Consultants
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target25 Jul
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Danecourt School Hotel Road Gillingham Medway ME8 6AA. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Twydall. We hold 806 applications in total for the ME8 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
ME8 6AA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2024
Consultation expiry
11 July 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
11 July 2024
Target decision date
25 July 2024
Permission expires
25 July 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bailey Partnership Consultants
Agent address
Unit 1 Hermitage Court Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent ME16 9NT

Planning decision

Statutory period
66 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 June 2024
Site notice end
11 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13064322
Documents
27
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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