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Land At Chattenden Lane Chattenden Medway

MC/26/0132Scoping OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 March 2026

Council decision: EIA RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Town and Country Planning Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (as amended) - Request for a scoping opinion - Hybrid application for up to 150 units (full application) and up to 400 units (outline application), primary school, local centre and children's nursery

Received
27 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
13
Ward
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Chattenden Lane Chattenden Medway. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow. We hold 1,082 applications in total for the ME3 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
ME3 8PN
Application type
Scoping Opinion
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
150
Parish
Hoo St. Werburgh

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Amanda Barnes
Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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