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599 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0LJ

MC/25/0351HouseholderApproved

Approved on 20 May 2025

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Proposal

Extension of existing dormers at rear above existing flat roof. Installation of solar panels on the roof at the rear.

Received
22 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rainham South East
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 599 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0LJ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Rainham South East. We hold 802 applications in total for the ME8 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
ME8 0LJ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2025
Consultation expiry
2 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
12 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
2 April 2025
Last date for comments
2 April 2025
Target decision date
21 May 2025
Permission expires
20 May 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
72 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13165281
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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.

Source: Medway

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