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188 Featherby Road Gillingham Medway ME8 6DG

MC/24/2501Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 February 2025

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part-retrospective - Construction of a dormer to rear to facilitate living accommodation within the roof space and an increase in the number of children/young people residing in the property from 2 to 3 within the existing Use Class C2 (Children's Home).

Received
10 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Twydall
Agent
Chandran|Hughes Architects Ltd
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.4 Jan
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 188 Featherby Road Gillingham Medway ME8 6DG. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Twydall. We hold 806 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 6DG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2024
Consultation expiry
27 January 2025
Consultation start
11 December 2024
Consultation end
4 January 2025
Neighbour consultation start
12 December 2024
Neighbour consultation end
5 January 2025
Last date for comments
27 January 2025
Target decision date
4 February 2025
Permission expires
3 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chandran|Hughes Architects Ltd
Agent address
16 Ardwell Avenue Barkingside Ilford IG6 1AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 January 2025
Site notice end
27 January 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13622484
Documents
12
Constraints
2

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

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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