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Former Medway Fire Station Land At Star Mill Lane Gillingham Medway ME5 7HQ

MC/24/1641Discharge ConditionPending Decision
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Details pursuant to condition 4 (Contamination Investigation), condition 5 (Contamination Remediation), condition 14 (EV Provision), condition 28 (External Lighting) on planning permission MC/23/1473 for Construction of a food retail store (Class E) and 12 x apartments, split between two separate blocks comprising a ground floor retail unit and 4 apartments above fronting Watling Street with a separate building containing 8 apartments to the rear fronting Star Mill Lane with means of access and associated car parking, servicing and landscaping.

Received
8 August 2024
Decided
10 October 2024 · Discharge of Conditions
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Watling
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target28 Oct
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Medway97% of conditions applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Medway Fire Station Land At Star Mill Lane Gillingham Medway ME5 7HQ. Medway has handled 624 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 63 days, 8 days longer than Medway's median. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Watling. We hold 462 applications in total for the ME5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
MC/24/1641
Address
Former Medway Fire Station Land At Star Mill Lane Gillingham Medway ME5 7HQ
Postcode
ME5 7HQ
Local Authority
Medway
Application Type
Discharge Condition
Scale / Size
Medium
Number of Dwellings
12
Decision Status
Conditions
Ward
Watling

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Ian Mutch Dipl Arch (Hons)RIBA
Agent Address
12 Riggall Court Cuxton Rochester Kent ME2 1EB United Kingdom

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
8 August 2024
Consultation Expiry
7 October 2024
Target Decision Date
28 October 2024
Date Decided
10 October 2024
Date Validated
2 September 2024
Date Submitted
8 August 2024
Consultation Start
16 September 2024
Consultation End
7 October 2024
Last Date for Comments
7 October 2024
Permission Expires
10 October 2029

Planning Decision

Decision
Discharge of Conditions
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13315047
Comments
3
Documents
12
Coordinates
51.372726, 0.556381
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Medway

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Watling
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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