54 Woodlands Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2DS
Approved on 15 April 2026
Council decision: Approval with Conditions5 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use of existing dwellinghouse (Class C3) to care home together with construction of a two storey side extension and dormer window to rear to provide additional living accommodation within roof space with associated external alterations
- Received
- 21 January 2026
- Public comments
- 11
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Watling
- Agent
- Ormandy Design Group - Chartered Practice
- ReceivedReceived21 Jan
- ValidatedValidated21 Jan
- Consult.Consultation17 Mar
- TargetTarget Date18 Mar
- DecidedDecided15 Apr
Decided in 84 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a two storey side extension at 54 Woodlands Road Gillingham Medway ME7 2DS. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Watling. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the ME7 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
- ME7 2DS
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 24 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Ormandy Design Group - Chartered Practice
- Agent address
- 9 Delaford Avenue Worsley Manchester M28 2QS
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Chantelle Farrant-Smith
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 9 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14429573
- Documents
- 32
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Watling
- 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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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