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Ridgeway 11 Park Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 4AS

MC/26/0483Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 June 2026

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsPlanning committee7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of Vacant Care Home Class (C2) to a 7 bedroom HMO Class (Sui Generis).

Received
10 March 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
10
Ward
Watling
Agent
EA Town Planning Ltd
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target10 Jun
  5. Decided8 Jun

Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ridgeway 11 Park Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 4AS. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Gillingham Park conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Watling. 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 4AS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation start
12 March 2026
Consultation end
2 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
13 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
4 April 2026
Last date for comments
9 April 2026
Target decision date
10 June 2026
Committee meeting
3 June 2026
Permission expires
8 June 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
EA Town Planning Ltd
Agent address
16 Francklyn Gardens Edgware London HA8 8RY

Planning decision

Case officer
Sam Pilbeam
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
9 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14754786
Documents
21
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Gillingham Park
  • Article 4 direction: Gillingham Park+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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 2026-11-03. 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
    18 Jun

    Details pursuant to condition 3(Cycle Storage), 4(Refuse Storage), 6(Refuse Management Strategy) on planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1165
  2. 2026
    10 Mar

    Change of use of Vacant Care Home Class (C2) to a 7 bedroom HMO Class (Sui Generis).

    This applicationApprovedFullMC/26/0483

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