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Former University College For The Creative Arts Fort Pitt Hill Chatham Medway ME1 1DZ

MC/25/0204Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 July 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions29 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing building (Use Class F1(a)) to deliver 102 residential units (Use Class C3), commercial, business and service accommodation (Class E) and retained education/community use accommodation (Use Class F1) with associated works in respect of car parking, landscaping, and external alterations including new windows and doors and the installation of solar panels.

Received
4 February 2025
Public comments
26
Ward
Fort Pitt
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Jun
  4. Target9 May
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 532 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Former University College For The Creative Arts Fort Pitt Hill Chatham Medway ME1 1DZ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 535 days, 68 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the New Road Rochester conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Fort Pitt. We hold 340 applications in total for the ME1 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
ME1 1DZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
102
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2025
Consultation expiry
11 June 2025
Consultation start
20 May 2025
Consultation end
11 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 March 2025
Last date for comments
11 June 2025
Target decision date
9 May 2025
Committee meeting
4 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Savills
Agent address
33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Madeline Mead
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
13 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13735187
Documents
83
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: New Road, Rochester
  • Article 4 direction: Fort PittPart of the site
  • Scheduled monument: Fort Pitt
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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.

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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.

© 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.

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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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