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Land On The East Side Of Lordswood Lane Adjacent To North Dane Wood Chatham Kent

MC/26/0168Outline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 16 October 2026

Council decision: Refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application with some matters reserved (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for construction of up to 19 dwellings with associated access, parking and landscaping - resubmission of MC/25/1965

Received
2 February 2026
Public comments
5 · last counted 6 November 2026
Ward
Lordswood & Walderslade
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 256 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land On The East Side Of Lordswood Lane Adjacent To North Dane Wood Chatham Kent. Medway has handled 618 applications of this type. This one was decided in 256 days, 29 weeks 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.

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

Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
19
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Consultation expiry
5 March 2026
Consultation start
4 February 2026
Consultation end
25 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 February 2026
Last date for comments
5 March 2026
Target decision date
4 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Tom Stubbs
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
5 March 2026
Site notice start
11 February 2026
Site notice end
4 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14665250
Documents
23
Constraints
5

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.

Source: Medway

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