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131 Hamelin Road Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3ER

MC/25/2283Certificate of Proposed UseRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 22 April 2026

Council decision: Refusal

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

Proposal

Application for a Lawful development Certificate (Proposed) for change of use of a dwelling house to a 6 person adult social care. (C3 (b))

Received
20 November 2025
Public comments
3
Ward
Watling
Agent
Acorn Planning Limited
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 153 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 131 Hamelin Road Darland Gillingham Medway ME7 3ER. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 14 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Watling. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the ME7 postcode area.

89% of outline 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
ME7 3ER
Application type
Certificate of Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2025
Target decision date
15 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acorn Planning Limited
Agent address
7 Gainsborough Close Bracebridge Heath Lincoln LN4 2GY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14497709
Documents
107
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.

  • 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.

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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