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42 Malvern Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4BA

MC/25/1062Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 October 2025

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from Class (C3) Single dwelling house to Class (C2) Residential Institution (Children's Care Home) for up to 2 children

Received
26 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Ward
Watling
Agent
3d Planning Design
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Sep
  4. Target31 Oct
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 134 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 42 Malvern Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4BA. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 14 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Gillingham Park conservation area. There have been 4 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 4BA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2025
Consultation expiry
17 September 2025
Consultation start
1 September 2025
Consultation end
15 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
3 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 September 2025
Last date for comments
17 September 2025
Target decision date
31 October 2025
Committee meeting
22 October 2025
Permission expires
24 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
3d Planning Design
Agent address
18 Porter Avenue Kings Hill West Malling ME19 4QN

Planning decision

Statutory period
141 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 June 2025
Advertisement expiry
10 July 2025
Site notice start
20 June 2025
Site notice end
11 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14045977
Documents
12
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.

  • Conservation area: Gillingham Park
  • Article 4 direction: Gillingham Park+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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    9 Apr

    Details pursuant to condition 4 (cycle storage) and condition 6 (Travel Management Plan) on planning…

    Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0669
  2. 2025
    26 May

    Change of use from Class (C3) Single dwelling house to Class (C2) Residential Institution (Children's Care…

    This applicationApproval with ConditionsFullMC/25/1062

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