4 Kirkdale Close Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8SH
Approved on 26 March 2026
Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Replacement canopy roof to front elevation, installation of first floor flank window; conversion of garage to a habitable space and construction of a single storey detached garage.
- Received
- 26 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Lordswood & Walderslade
- ReceivedReceived26 Jan
- ValidatedValidated30 Jan
- Consult.Consultation20 Feb
- TargetTarget Date27 Mar
- DecidedDecided26 Mar
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at 4 Kirkdale Close Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8SH. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer 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.
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
- ME5 8SH
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 30 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 20 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
- 26 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- 2 Harrow Cottage 22 Horseshoes Lane Langley Maidstone Kent ME17 1TD
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Justin Kazembe
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation OrderPart of 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.
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