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31 Stafford Street Gillingham Medway ME7 5EN

MC/25/1595Full ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from Class (C4) HMO to sui-generis 7 bed HMO

Received
5 August 2025
Decision due
29 October 2025
Public comments
4
Ward
Gillingham South
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.29 Aug
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 29 August.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (24)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 31 Stafford Street Gillingham Medway ME7 5EN. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 August 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications 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 5EN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2025
Consultation expiry
30 August 2025
Consultation start
7 August 2025
Consultation end
29 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
30 August 2025
Last date for comments
30 August 2025
Committee meeting
22 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
LH Architectural
Agent address
69 Highgrove Road Princes Park Chatham ME5 7SF

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14222724
Documents
24
Constraints
2

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    10 Mar

    Details pursuant to conditions 6 (Refuse) and 7 (Car Parking Management) on planning permission MC/25/1595

    Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0477
  2. 2025
    5 Aug

    Change of use from Class (C4) HMO to sui-generis 7 bed HMO

    This applicationPendingFullMC/25/1595

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