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Dobbies Garden Centre Courteney Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0FB

MC/25/0003Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 February 2025

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement of retaining wall and footpath (removal of existing stairway)

Received
3 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Rainham South West
Agent
Norfolk Surveying and Design
  1. Received3 Jan
  2. Validated3 Jan
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target28 Feb
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Dobbies Garden Centre Courteney Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0FB. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 64 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 0FB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 January 2025
Consultation expiry
5 February 2025
Consultation start
10 January 2025
Consultation end
31 January 2025
Neighbour consultation start
10 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
31 January 2025
Last date for comments
5 February 2025
Target decision date
28 February 2025
Permission expires
28 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Norfolk Surveying and Design
Agent address
33 long lane Mulbarton Norwich Norfolk NR14 8AW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 January 2025
Site notice end
5 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13668641
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    13 May

    Details pursuant to condition 4 (Landscaping) on planning permission MC/25/0003

    Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/25/0980
  2. 2025
    3 Jan

    Replacement of retaining wall and footpath (removal of existing stairway)

    This applicationApproval with ConditionsFullMC/25/0003

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