DCB Kent Matts Hill Farm Matts Hill Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME9 7UY

MC/25/0045Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 6 May 2025

Council decision: Approval with Conditions

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

Proposal

Construction of three detached single storey storage units

Received: 13 January 2025
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Rainham South East

ReceivedReceived13 Jan
ValidatedValidated19 Mar
Consult.Consultation9 Apr
TargetTarget Date10 Mar
DecidedDecided6 May

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at DCB Kent Matts Hill Farm Matts Hill Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME9 7UY. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Rainham South East. We hold 1,168 applications in total for the ME9 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: ME9 7UY
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 March 2025
Consultation expiry: 4 February 2025
Consultation start: 14 January 2025
Consultation end: 9 April 2025
Last date for comments: 4 February 2025
Target decision date: 10 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Little Plumpton House Hinxhill Ashford TN25 5NT

Planning decision

Case officer: Arron Nicholls
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13672083
Comments: 0
Documents: 8
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

National Landscape (AONB): Kent Downs
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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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© 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.

Source: Medway

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