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5 Stopford Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4NG

MC/25/1364Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 28 August 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Class C3) to an 8-bedroom house in multiple occupation (sui generis) together with construction of a single storey extension and dormer window to rear to provide additional living accommodation within roof space with associated cycle/refuse store - demolition of existing single storey rear projection

Received
3 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Gillingham South
Agent
The Planning Station
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 5 Stopford Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4NG. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 149 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 4NG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2025
Consultation expiry
14 August 2025
Consultation start
7 July 2025
Consultation end
28 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
29 July 2025
Last date for comments
14 August 2025
Target decision date
28 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Planning Station
Agent address
3 The Hazelmeres Hazel Drive Walton Chesterfield S40 3FE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 July 2025
Site notice end
14 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14144869
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.

  • 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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