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21 Institute Road Chatham Medway ME4 4PF

MC/26/0281Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 10 April 2026

Council decision: Approval

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for the Change of use from class (C3) Single dwelling house to class (C4) 6 bed House of multiple occupants

Received
16 February 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Chatham Central & Brompton
Agent
Planners & Architects
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 21 Institute Road Chatham Medway ME4 4PF. Medway has handled 235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Chatham Central & Brompton. We hold 450 applications in total for the ME4 postcode area.

94% of amendment 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 4PF
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Target decision date
13 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Planners & Architects
Agent address
443 Streatham High Road London SW16 3PH

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Shardlow
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14707339
Documents
6
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Chatham Central & Brompton
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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