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Land To The South Of Moor Street And East Of Meresborough Road Rainham

MC/25/2538Outline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 July 2026

Council decision: Refusal

Proposal

Outline planning application (with all matters reserved other than access) for up to 150no. dwellings, including public open space, landscaping and associated works.

Received
29 December 2025
Public comments
33
Ward
Rainham South East
Agent
DHA Planning
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Feb
  4. Target29 Jul
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 194 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land To The South Of Moor Street And East Of Meresborough Road Rainham. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 212 days, 22 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Rainham South East. We hold 802 applications in total for the ME8 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
ME8 7JH
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
150

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2026
Consultation expiry
19 February 2026
Consultation start
23 January 2026
Consultation end
12 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
22 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 February 2026
Last date for comments
19 February 2026
Target decision date
29 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
DHA Planning
Agent address
Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Case officer
Nick Roberts
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
19 February 2026
Site notice start
28 January 2026
Site notice end
18 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14543867
Documents
40
Constraints
9

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 (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, 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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