Skip to content

32 New Road Chatham Medway ME4 4QR

MC/25/2431Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - ExistingWithdrawn
Lawful development certificate

Withdrawn on 15 January 2026

Council decision: Withdrawn by ApplicantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for the use of C4 HMO (6 Persons) which was changed from C3 Dwelling house.

Received
13 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fort Pitt
Agent
Bischell Construction
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 32 New Road Chatham Medway ME4 4QR. Medway has handled 235 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 33 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the New Road Chatham conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Fort Pitt. We hold 450 applications in total for the ME4 postcode area.

94% of amendment applications at Medway Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
ME4 4QR
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2025
Target decision date
9 February 2026
Permission expires
15 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bischell Construction
Agent address
24 N End Parade London W14 0SJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14514032
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near ME4

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address