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1 Flint Green Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PE

MC/26/0609HouseholderApproved

Approved on 19 May 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Raising of ridge height and construction of dormer windows to both sides to provide additional living accommodation within roof space together with construction of a porch to front and associated external alterations

Received
27 March 2026
Ward
Lordswood & Walderslade
Agent
Architect
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 1 Flint Green Lordswood Chatham Medway ME5 8PE. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 91 applications across Lordswood & Walderslade. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 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
ME5 8PE
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2026
Consultation expiry
23 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
31 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
23 April 2026
Last date for comments
23 April 2026
Target decision date
22 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Architect
Agent address
36 Birch Drive Chatham ME5 8YU

Planning decision

Case officer
Justin Kazembe
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14789259
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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