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129 Berengrave Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7UJ

MC/25/1649Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 6 March 2026

Council decision: Refusal

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

Proposal

Construction of 7no. dwellings with associated access, parking and amenity space - Demolition of existing buildings

Received
13 August 2025
Public comments
17
Ward
Rainham North
Agent
Refine Architecture Ltd
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated13 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 205 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 129 Berengrave Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 7UJ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 205 days, 21 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Rainham North. We hold 802 applications in total for the ME8 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
ME8 7UJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 August 2025
Consultation expiry
8 December 2025
Consultation start
24 November 2025
Consultation end
11 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 September 2025
Last date for comments
8 December 2025
Target decision date
6 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Refine Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
REFINE ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Grove Dairy Farm Bobbing Hill Sittingbourne ME9 8NY

Planning decision

Case officer
Arron Nicholls
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14246681
Documents
24
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.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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