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142 Rock Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 5PR

MC/25/0121Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 April 2025

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of residential Class (C3) single dwellinghouse to 8 occupant HMO Class (Sui Generis)

Received
24 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Gillingham South
  1. Received24 Jan
  2. Validated24 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Mar
  4. Target4 Apr
  5. Decided3 Apr

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 142 Rock Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 5PR. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 5PR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 January 2025
Consultation expiry
21 March 2025
Consultation start
7 March 2025
Consultation end
21 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
7 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 March 2025
Last date for comments
28 March 2025
Target decision date
4 April 2025
Permission expires
3 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Gatcombe House Copnor Road Portsmouth PO3 5EJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 January 2025
Site notice end
18 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13719750
Documents
17
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.

  • Article 4 direction: Gillingham South
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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