Rear Of 23 Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1XF

MC/24/1224Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 20 August 2024

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Construction of a 3 bedroom dwelling - Demolition of existing garage/store

Received: 13 June 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Gillingham South

ReceivedReceived13 Jun
ValidatedValidated25 Jun
Consult.Consultation16 Jul
TargetTarget Date20 Aug
DecidedDecided20 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Rear Of 23 Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1XF. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Railway Street 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 1XF
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 June 2024
Consultation expiry: 17 July 2024
Consultation start: 25 June 2024
Consultation end: 16 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 26 June 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 17 July 2024
Last date for comments: 17 July 2024
Target decision date: 20 August 2024
Permission expires: 20 August 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 27 June 2024
Advertisement expiry: 11 July 2024
Site notice start: 24 June 2024
Site notice end: 15 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13146558
Documents: 8
Constraints: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Railway Street, Gillingham
Article 4 direction: Gillingham South
Heritage at Risk Register: Railway Street
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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© 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.

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