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The Robert Napier School Third Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2LX

MC/25/0936Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 August 2025

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)19 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a two storey building to house two science labs, four classrooms, IT suite, offices and toilets - demolition of referral unit

Received
6 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Watling
Agent
DJM Town Planning
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Robert Napier School Third Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2LX. 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 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Watling. 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 2LX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2025
Consultation expiry
10 July 2025
Consultation start
26 June 2025
Consultation end
10 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
16 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
7 June 2025
Last date for comments
10 July 2025
Target decision date
1 August 2025
Permission expires
1 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
DJM Town Planning
Agent address
16 Fairdene Southwick Brighton BN42 4QN

Planning decision

Statutory period
81 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 May 2025
Site notice end
6 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13982919
Documents
41
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Watling
  • 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

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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.

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.

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