25 Franklin Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4DF

MC/25/1154Certificate of Proposed UsePermitted

Outline / PiP

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the change of use from (Class C3) single dwelling house to 6 bed (Class C4) HMO. Construction of single storey extension to side along with an L shaped dormer to rear and roof lights to front to facilitate living accommodation within the roof space. Cycle storage, bin storage and associated landscaping to rear.

Received: 7 June 2025
Decided: 2 September 2025 · Approval
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Gillingham South

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

ReceivedSubmitted7 Jun
ValidatedValidated11 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date3 Sep
DecidedDecided2 Sep

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Medway89% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 25 Franklin Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4DF. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 87 days, 5 weeks longer than Medway's median. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Gillingham South. We hold 1,794 applications in total for the ME7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

MC/25/1154

Address

25 Franklin Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4DF

Postcode

ME7 4DF

Local Authority

Medway

Application Type

Certificate of Proposed Use

Scale / Size

Medium

Decision Status

Permitted

Ward

Gillingham South

Applicant & Agent

Agent

LH Architectural

Agent Address

69 Highgrove Road Princes Park Chatham ME5 7SF

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

7 June 2025

Target Decision Date

3 September 2025

Date Decided

2 September 2025

Date Validated

11 June 2025

Date Submitted

7 June 2025

Permission Expires

2 September 2028

Planning Decision

Decision

Approval

Decided By

Delegated Decision

Statutory Period

84 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID

PP-14081230

Comments

Documents

Constraints

Coordinates

51.385580, 0.552598

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Medway

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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.

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