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8 The Crescent St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3LE

MC/26/0290HouseholderApproved

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part retrospective application for alterations to garden landscaping. Installation of a pergola and home sauna.

Received
16 February 2026
Ward
St Mary's Island
Agent
Andrew Wells Planning & Design
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 8 The Crescent St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3LE. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across St Mary's Island. 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 3LE
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
19 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
19 March 2026
Last date for comments
19 March 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Andrew Wells Planning & Design
Agent address
Hollywood House 76 Hollywood Lane Wainscott Rochester ME3 8AR

Planning decision

Case officer
Joshua Odell
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14700309
Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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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