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56 Chalfont Drive Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9DN

MC/26/0014HouseholderApproved

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Conversion of garage to a habitable room together with an infill to the existing recessed garage doors to front.

Received
6 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Rainham South East
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 56 Chalfont Drive Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 9DN. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. 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 full 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 9DN
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026
Consultation expiry
24 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
3 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 February 2026
Last date for comments
24 February 2026
Target decision date
27 March 2026
Permission expires
20 March 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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