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Silverbank Centre Churchill Avenue Wayfield Chatham Medway ME5 0LB

MC/24/1621Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 September 2024

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for installation of a temporary single storey Portakabin classroom building for a period of 3 years

Received
5 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Wayfield & Weeds Wood
Agent
Portakabin Ltd
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.5 Sep
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Silverbank Centre Churchill Avenue Wayfield Chatham Medway ME5 0LB. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Wayfield & Weeds Wood. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 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
ME5 0LB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2024
Consultation expiry
5 September 2024
Consultation start
14 August 2024
Consultation end
5 September 2024
Last date for comments
5 September 2024
Target decision date
30 September 2024
Permission expires
26 September 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Portakabin Ltd
Agent address
Portakabin Ltd 9 Old Parkbury Lane Colney Heath St Albans Hertfordshire AL2 2DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 August 2024
Site notice end
4 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13212204
Documents
10
Constraints
3

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

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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.

© 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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