Unit D (KFC) Horsted Retail Park Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME5 9SQ
Approved on 23 April 2026
Council decision: Approval with Conditions17 conditions
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Proposal
Variation of condition 9 (opening hours) as imposed upon planning permission MC/17/4259 (with opening hours currently limited to 07:00 to 23:00) so that the 'drive-thru' element of the premises can remain open to customers until 05:00, and the 'dine-in' element can remain open to customers until midnight
- Received
- 5 February 2026
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Fort Horsted
- Agent
- Beamish Planning Consultancy
- ReceivedReceived5 Feb
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation3 Mar
- TargetTarget Date7 May
- DecidedDecided23 Apr
Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Unit D (KFC) Horsted Retail Park Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME5 9SQ. Medway has handled 623 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Fort Horsted. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 postcode area.
97% of conditions 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 9SQ
- Application type
- Variation of condition
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 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
- 5 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Beamish Planning Consultancy
- Agent address
- Apartment 231 River Crescent Waterside Way Nottingham NG2 4RE
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mary Smith
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 12 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 5 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14680500
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 53
Site constraints
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.
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