Land Adjacent To Elm Court Garden Centre Elm Court Industrial Estate Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3JQ
Approved on 29 April 2026
Council decision: Approval with Conditions6 conditions
Proposal
Installation of two outdoor padel courts and construction of two outbuildings for associated changing rooms/equipment store, cycle store lighting and landscaping
- Received
- 4 March 2026
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Lordswood & Walderslade
- Agent
- Bell Cornwell LLP
- ReceivedReceived4 Mar
- ValidatedValidated4 Mar
- Consult.Consultation27 Mar
- TargetTarget Date29 Apr
- DecidedDecided29 Apr
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Land Adjacent To Elm Court Garden Centre Elm Court Industrial Estate Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3JQ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Lordswood & Walderslade. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the ME7 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
- ME7 3JQ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 6 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
- 7 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 29 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Bell Cornwell LLP
- Agent address
- 201 Borough High Street London SE1 1JA
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Arron Nicholls
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 6 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14723476
- Documents
- 20
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low 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.
Associated applications
- 20265 Jun
Details pursuant to informative 4 (BNG) on planning permission MC/26/0442
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1067 - 20264 Mar
Installation of two outdoor padel courts and construction of two outbuildings for associated changing…
This applicationApprovedFullMC/26/0442
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Consultants on this application
- Bell Cornwell LLP · Agent for this application
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