1A Beresford Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4ES
Approved on 12 December 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required
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Proposal
Prior approval under Part 3 Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use from the existing commercial building (use class E) to two 'dwellinghouse' apartments (use class C3).
- Received
- 28 October 2025
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Gillingham South
- Agent
- Studio Chris Simmons
- ReceivedReceived28 Oct
- ValidatedValidated28 Oct
- Consult.Consultation24 Nov
- TargetTarget Date23 Dec
- DecidedDecided12 Dec
Decided in 45 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at 1A Beresford Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4ES. Medway has handled 5,398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.
Application details
- Postcode
- ME7 4ES
- Application type
- Commercial to Residential
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 28 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 30 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 28 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Studio Chris Simmons
- Architect profile
- STUDIO CHRIS SIMMONS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 2 Fruit Fields Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent ME8 8XU
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jacky Olsen
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 7 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 28 November 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14439743
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Medway
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