35A Railway Street Chatham Medway ME4 4RH
Approved on 5 August 2024
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of existing 5-person 5 bedroom HMO into a 10-person 7 bedroom HMO (sui generis).
- Received
- 26 May 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Chatham Central & Brompton
- Agent
- DKM Consultants LTD
- ReceivedReceived26 May
- ValidatedValidated11 Jun
- Consult.Consultation4 Jul
- TargetTarget Date6 Aug
- DecidedDecided5 Aug
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 35A Railway Street Chatham Medway ME4 4RH. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks 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 4RH
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 June 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 30 July 2024
- Consultation start
- 13 June 2024
- Consultation end
- 4 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 June 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 July 2024
- Last date for comments
- 30 July 2024
- Target decision date
- 6 August 2024
- Permission expires
- 5 August 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DKM Consultants LTD
- Agent address
- 82 Longdfellow Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5QQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 9 July 2024
- Site notice end
- 30 July 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13095010
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Chatham Central & Brompton
- Brownfield land register: 23 Railway Street ChathamRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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 and heritage coasts.
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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