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161 Edgewater St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3AS

MC/26/0334HouseholderApproved

Approved on 14 May 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a wooden garden shed with a pent roof. Replacement of existing developer patio with a grey porcelain patio, additional raised planter around much of the lawn perimeter, and a brick mowing strip to be laid around the perimeter of the raised planter and across the west edge of the patio where it is adjacent to the lawn. Additional 8 x LED stainless steel down lights to the existing fence.

Received
20 February 2026
Ward
St Mary's Island
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 161 Edgewater St Marys Island Chatham Medway ME4 3AS. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3AS
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2026
Consultation expiry
17 April 2026
Consultation end
17 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 April 2026
Last date for comments
17 April 2026
Target decision date
14 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Joshua Odell
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14723611
Comments
0
Documents
9

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)Part of the site
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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