St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Proposal
Prior Notification under Schedule 2 Part 11 Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for demolition of part 2 and part 1 storey school building (not including the original school building at 79 Maidstone Road)
- Received
- 4 February 2025
- Decided
- 27 February 2025 · Withdrawn by Applicant
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Fort Pitt
- ReceivedSubmitted4 Feb
- ValidatedValidated4 Feb
- Consult.Consultation28 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)
This is a planning application for demolition at St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP. Medway has handled 22 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 38 days. This one was decided in 23 days, 2 weeks quicker than Medway's median. The site is in the Maidstone Road Chatham conservation area. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across Fort Pitt. We hold 433 applications in total for the ME4 postcode area.
Application Details
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Additional Information
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Planning history at this site
14 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Aug
Details pursuant to condition 12 (Lighting) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1402 - 202630 Jul
Details of Biodiversity Gain Plan pursuant to planning permission MC/25/0753
PendingApplicationMC/26/1449 - 202612 Jun
Details pursuant to condition 14 (Landscape management plan) on planning permission MC/25/0753
PendingDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1118 - 202627 May
Details pursuant to condition 11 (Biodiversity enhancement) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1018 - 202615 May
Details pursuant to condition 6 (Drainage Scheme) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0928 - 202613 May
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission MC/25/0753
ApprovedNon-material amendmentMC/26/0909 - 20261 May
Details pursuant to condition 10 (acoustic assessment - mechanical plant) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0831 - 202630 Apr
Details pursuant to condition 9 (Materials) on planning permission MC/25/0753
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0826 - 202620 Apr
Application for a Non-Material Amendment to planning permission MC/25/0753
ApprovedNon-material amendmentMC/26/0748 - 202620 Mar
Conversion of the existing building to accommodate up to 11 residential units, (demolition of existing…
PendingFull ApplicationMC/26/0561 - 202616 Feb
Details pursuant to condition 8 (sample panel for new wall) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0284 - 202610 Feb
Details pursuant to condition 3 (Contamination investigation) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0242 - 202619 Jan
Details pursuant to condition 4 (CEMP for ecology) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0073 - 202619 Jan
Details pursuant to condition 7 (method statement wall demolition) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0074
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Maidstone Road, Chatham
- Article 4 direction: Fort Pitt+1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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.
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