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53 Sandown Drive Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9DT

MC/24/2303HouseholderApproved

Approved on 31 December 2024

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Construction of a single storey rear extension, extending the existing garage, raising the roof and converting a section of the garage into a habitable living area.

Received
9 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Rainham South West
Agent
Ripley Architecture
  1. Received9 Nov
  2. Validated9 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target4 Jan
  5. Decided31 Dec

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 53 Sandown Drive Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9DT. 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 are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Rainham South West. We hold 802 applications in total for the ME8 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
ME8 9DT
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 November 2024
Consultation expiry
5 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
14 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
5 December 2024
Last date for comments
5 December 2024
Target decision date
4 January 2025
Permission expires
31 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ripley Architecture
Agent address
30 Boxley Road Chatham ME5 9LF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13550365
Documents
5
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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