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62 New Road Chatham Medway ME4 4QR

MC/26/0414Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 July 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of Ground Floor from Hairdresser Class (E) to a Self-contained 1 Bedroom Flat Class (C) along with external changes to front

Received
2 March 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Fort Pitt
Agent
Icon Design Studio Ltd
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target15 Jul
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 134 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 62 New Road Chatham Medway ME4 4QR. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 11 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the New Road Chatham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Fort Pitt. 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 4QR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation start
6 March 2026
Consultation end
27 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
27 March 2026
Last date for comments
2 April 2026
Target decision date
15 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Icon Design Studio Ltd
Architect profile
ICON DESIGN STUDIO LTD
Agent address
187 Marlborough Road Gillingham ME7 5HR

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Shardlow
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
2 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14746038
Documents
10
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: New Road, Chatham
  • Listed building: Grade II: 60, New RoadOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Fort Pitt+1 more
  • Tree Preservation OrderNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    25 Aug

    Details pursuant to condition 3 (Materials) and 4 (Cycle Storage) on planning permission MC/26/0414

    PendingDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1624
  2. 2026
    2 Mar

    Change of Use of Ground Floor from Hairdresser Class (E) to a Self-contained 1 Bedroom Flat Class (C) along…

    This applicationApprovedFullMC/26/0414

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