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25 Franklin Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4DF

MC/26/0322Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Proposal

Change of use of Class (C3) single dwelling house to Class (Sui generis) up to 8 person House of multiple occupation. Construction of a first floor rear extension and installation of a balcony window to side. Cycle storage, bin storage and associated landscaping to rear- demolition of existing conservatory - Resubmission

Received
20 February 2026
Decided
22 April 2026 · Refusal
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Gillingham South
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Medway89% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for demolition at 25 Franklin Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4DF. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. This one was decided in 61 days, 4 days longer than Medway's median. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Gillingham South. We hold 1,794 applications in total for the ME7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
MC/26/0322
Address
25 Franklin Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4DF
Postcode
ME7 4DF
Local Authority
Medway
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Ward
Gillingham South

Applicant & Agent

Agent
LH Architectural
Agent Address
69 Highgrove Road Princes Park Chatham ME5 7SF

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
20 February 2026
Consultation Expiry
25 March 2026
Target Decision Date
23 April 2026
Date Decided
22 April 2026
Date Validated
26 February 2026
Date Submitted
20 February 2026
Consultation Start
3 March 2026
Consultation End
24 March 2026
Neighbour Consultation Start
3 March 2026
Neighbour Consultation End
24 March 2026
Last Date for Comments
25 March 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Refusal
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Site Notice Start
4 March 2026
Site Notice End
25 March 2026

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14703361
Comments
5
Documents
15
Coordinates
51.385580, 0.552598
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Medway

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    20 Feb

    Change of use of Class (C3) single dwelling house to Class (Sui generis) up to 8 person House of multiple…

    This applicationRefusedFullMC/26/0322
  2. 2026
    20 Feb

    Change of use of Class (C3) single dwelling house to Class (Sui generis) up to 9 person House of multiple…

    RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongsideMC/26/0326

Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Gillingham South
  • 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 2026-10-09. 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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