80 Beechwood Avenue Darland Chatham Medway ME5 7HJ

MC/25/1753Full ApplicationAwaiting decision

Full

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

Proposal

Construction of two no. 5 bedroomed detached dwelling houses, attached garages, driveways and gardens on the former garden land.

Received: 1 September 2025
Decision due: 30 October 2025
Public comments: 5
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Watling
Agent: David Lees Architects

ReceivedReceived1 Sep
ValidatedValidated4 Sep
Consult.Consultation29 Sep
TargetTarget Date30 Oct
DecidedDecided

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Comments close on 29 September.

Comment on the council's site Documents (20)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 80 Beechwood Avenue Darland Chatham Medway ME5 7HJ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Watling. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 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: ME5 7HJ
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 September 2025
Consultation expiry: 29 September 2025
Consultation start: 8 September 2025
Consultation end: 29 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 8 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 29 September 2025
Last date for comments: 29 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: David Lees Architects
Architect profile: DAVID LEES ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address: 8 Listria Park Listria Park Hackney London N165SN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14289974
Documents: 20

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: Watling
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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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.

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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