128 Balmoral Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QR
Proposal
Change of use from C4 HMO (6 residents) to Sui Generis HMO (8 residents)
- Received
- 3 December 2025
- Decided
- 17 February 2026 · Approval with Conditions
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Gillingham South
- ReceivedReceived3 Dec
- ValidatedValidated3 Dec
- Consult.Consultation28 Dec
- TargetTarget Date19 Feb
- DecidedDecided17 Feb
Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 128 Balmoral Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QR. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Medway's median. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Gillingham South. We hold 1,804 applications in total for the ME7 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20255 Oct
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) for change of use of dwelling (Class C3) to house…
ApprovedCertificate of Proposed UseMC/25/1991 - 202529 Aug
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) construction of dormers to rear/side to…
ApprovedCertificate of Proposed UseMC/25/1744
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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