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158 Canterbury Street Gillingham Medway ME7 5UB

MC/25/0131Commercial to ResidentialApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 21 March 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required - ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior notification for the change of use from shop (Class E) to one residential flat (Class C3)

Received
27 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Gillingham South
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided21 Mar

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 158 Canterbury Street Gillingham Medway ME7 5UB. Medway has handled 5,398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

Application details

Postcode
ME7 5UB
Application type
Commercial to Residential
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2025
Consultation expiry
27 February 2025
Consultation start
28 January 2025
Consultation end
18 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 February 2025
Last date for comments
27 February 2025
Target decision date
24 March 2025
Permission expires
21 March 2030

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 February 2025
Site notice end
27 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13722603
Documents
11
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.

  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    27 Jan

    Prior notification for the change of use from shop (Class E) to one residential flat (Class C3)

    This applicationApprovedApplicationMC/25/0131
  2. 2025
    24 Jan

    Alteration to shop front and works to rear windows.

    Approval with ConditionsFull ApplicationFiled alongsideMC/25/0127

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