26A Railway Street Chatham Medway ME4 4JT

MC/25/2100Full ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 11 December 2025

Council decision: Refusal

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

Proposal

Construction of a steel frame cover with a vinyl covering to over padel tennis court

Received: 23 October 2025
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Chatham Central & Brompton

ReceivedReceived23 Oct
ValidatedValidated23 Oct
Consult.Consultation18 Nov
TargetTarget Date18 Dec
DecidedDecided11 Dec

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 26A Railway Street Chatham Medway ME4 4JT. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings 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.

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: ME4 4JT
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 18 November 2025
Consultation end: 18 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 28 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 18 November 2025
Last date for comments: 18 November 2025
Target decision date: 18 December 2025

Planning decision

Case officer: Chantelle Farrant-Smith
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14432755
Comments: 0
Documents: 8

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: Chatham Central & Brompton
Brownfield land register: 19 New Road Avenue and 3 New Cut, ChathamRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

Source: Medway

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