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Leigh Academy Rainham Otterham Quay Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8GS

MC/26/0038Certificate of Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 23 April 2026

Council decision: Approval

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

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed) for the construction of a single storey detached teaching block

Received
12 January 2026
Ward
Rainham North
Agent
DHA Planning Ltd
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 10 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Leigh Academy Rainham Otterham Quay Lane Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8GS. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 6 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Rainham North. 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 8GS
Application type
Certificate of Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Case officer
Mary Smith
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14579317
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
2

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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