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171 - 173 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1AQ

MC/25/0601Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 May 2025

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of first and second floor from commercial Class (E) to residential Class (C3), construction of part single storey / part two storey extension to rear. Along with the conversion of loft to a habitable space and the creation of a separate entrance to create three new flats

Received
20 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Gillingham South
Agent
Orahaus Ltd
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 171 - 173 High Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1AQ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 148 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 1AQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2025
Consultation expiry
24 April 2025
Consultation start
27 March 2025
Consultation end
17 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
27 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 April 2025
Last date for comments
24 April 2025
Target decision date
21 May 2025
Permission expires
21 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Orahaus Ltd
Architect profile
ORAHAUS LTD
Agent address
92 Salcombe Gardens London NW7 2NT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 April 2025
Site notice end
24 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13866568
Documents
8
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.

Source: Medway

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