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153 - 155 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BA

MC/25/1625Variation of conditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 October 2025

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to allow a minor material amendment to planning permission MC/19/2136 for removal of the semi-basement accommodation to the rear of the building, re-location of the bin and bike store, re-location of communal gym to building 1 and reduction in size of office space, installation of glass balustrades and removal of windows to street elevation, reduction in height of privacy screens to 1.8m to the rear of building 1 and minor internal layout changes to building 2

Received
8 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Chatham Central & Brompton
Agent
Kirby Cove Architects
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.4 Sep
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at 153 - 155 High Street Chatham Medway ME4 4BA. Medway has handled 623 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Chatham Central & Brompton. We hold 450 applications in total for the ME4 postcode area.

97% of conditions 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
ME4 4BA
Application type
Variation of condition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2025
Consultation expiry
11 September 2025
Consultation start
13 August 2025
Consultation end
4 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
13 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 September 2025
Last date for comments
11 September 2025
Target decision date
6 October 2025
Permission expires
6 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Kirby Cove Architects
Agent address
Studio 10 Dimsdale House Hertford SG14 1BY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 August 2025
Site notice end
11 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14241658
Documents
8
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Chatham Central & Brompton
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.

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