232 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6JN
Approved on 1 April 2026
Council decision: Approval with Conditions5 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3 (a)) to a children's home (Class C2) together with new boundary treatment and bicycle storage - removal of existing play area to rear.
- Received
- 4 February 2026
- Public comments
- 6
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Fort Pitt
- Agent
- Chandran Hughes Architects
- ReceivedReceived4 Feb
- ValidatedValidated4 Feb
- Consult.Consultation3 Mar
- TargetTarget Date1 Apr
- DecidedDecided1 Apr
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 232 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6JN. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Fort Pitt. We hold 450 applications in total for the ME4 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
- ME4 6JN
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 9 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 3 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 18 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Chandran Hughes Architects
- Architect profile
- CHANDRAN HUGHES ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- 16 Ardwell Avenue Ilford IG6 1AW
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Stephie Theedom
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 25 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 18 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14659582
- Documents
- 19
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Fort Pitt
- Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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Associated applications
- 202628 Apr
Details pursuant to condition 4(Bicycle Parking) on planning permission MC/26/0184
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0802 - 20264 Feb
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3 (a)) to a children's home (Class C2) together with new boundary…
This applicationApprovedFullMC/26/0184
Source: Medway
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