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54 Balmoral Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4PG

MC/26/0451Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 May 2026

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of offices to residential comprising of two flats together with construction of a dormer window to rear and installation of roof lights to front to provide additional living accommodation within roof space with associated external alterations

Received
5 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Gillingham South
Agent
JK Designs
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 54 Balmoral Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4PG. 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 149 applications across Gillingham South. 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 4PG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Consultation expiry
29 April 2026
Consultation start
17 March 2026
Consultation end
9 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
18 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 April 2026
Last date for comments
29 April 2026
Target decision date
7 May 2026
Permission expires
7 May 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
JK Designs
Agent address
40 Woodside Wigmore Gillingham ME8 0PL

Planning decision

Case officer
Stephie Theedom
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 April 2026
Site notice end
29 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14736535
Documents
11
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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
    9 Mar

    Prior notification for the proposed Conversion of existing two storey building (Class E) into two self…

    ApprovedCommercial to ResidentialFiled alongsideMC/26/0464
  2. 2026
    5 Mar

    Change of use of offices to residential comprising of two flats together with construction of a dormer window…

    This applicationApprovedFullMC/26/0451

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