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635 Lordswood Lane Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8RA

MC/26/0117Larger Home ExtensionsApproved

Approved on 18 February 2026

Council decision: PD - App with Conditions Larger Homes ExDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Neighbourhood consultation application for the construction of a single storey extension to rear. The details submitted are as follows: The extension will extend beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling by 3.9 m The maximum height of the proposed extension from the natural ground level is 2.7 m The height at eaves level of the proposed extension measured from the natural ground level is 2.4 m

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lordswood & Walderslade
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 23 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at 635 Lordswood Lane Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8RA. Medway has handled 5,390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Lordswood & Walderslade. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
ME5 8RA
Application type
Larger Home Extensions
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Consultation expiry
17 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
27 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 February 2026
Last date for comments
17 February 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026
Permission expires
18 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Evolutionblue
Agent address
Lavinia House Scarborough Drive Minster On Sea Isle Of Sheppey Sheerness ME12 2LS

Planning decision

Case officer
Lindsey Woodhouse-Pratt
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14650847
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation OrderNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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