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Pope Farm Meresborough Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8PP

MC/26/0684Approved

Approved on 11 June 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions3 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of a timber five-bar gate across the front of the existing driveway and erection of post-and-rail fencing along the front perimeter of the property which incorporates a small garden gate across the existing path leading to the front door.

Received
10 April 2026
Ward
Rainham South East
  1. Received10 Apr
  2. Validated21 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 51 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Pope Farm Meresborough Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 8PP. Medway has handled 5,390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Meresborough conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Rainham South East. We hold 802 applications in total for the ME8 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
ME8 8PP
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Joshua Odell

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Meresborough
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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

  1. 2026
    21 Apr

    Installation of a timber five-bar gate across the front of the existing driveway and erection of…

    This applicationApprovedApplicationMC/26/0684
  2. 2026
    21 Apr

    Listed Building consent for the installation of a timber five-bar gate across the front of the existing…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideMC/26/0685

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