Land To Rear Of 9-15 Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1XF

MC/24/1777Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 28 October 2024

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Construction of new block of four flats (demolition of existing garage)

Received: 30 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Gillingham South
Agent: Insight Architects

ReceivedReceived30 Aug
ValidatedValidated2 Sep
Consult.Consultation24 Sep
TargetTarget Date28 Oct
DecidedDecided28 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Land To Rear Of 9-15 Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1XF. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Railway Street conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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: 2 September 2024
Consultation expiry: 15 October 2024
Consultation start: 3 September 2024
Consultation end: 24 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 3 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 24 September 2024
Last date for comments: 15 October 2024
Target decision date: 28 October 2024
Permission expires: 28 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Insight Architects
Agent address: Green Farm Green Lane, Waterston Milford Haven SA73 1DS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 12 September 2024
Advertisement expiry: 26 September 2024
Site notice start: 24 September 2024
Site notice end: 15 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13368276
Documents: 9
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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