Doctors Surgery 7 Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1XG
Approved on 26 May 2026
Council decision: Discharge of ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Details pursuant to condition 2 (Noise) 3 (Cycle storage) on prior approval application MC/25/2120 - Prior notification for a proposed change of use from a Doctors Surgery (use class E) to 2 residential studio flats (use class C3)
- Received
- 13 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Gillingham South
- Agent
- Insight Architects
- ReceivedReceived13 Apr
- ValidatedValidated13 Apr
- Consult.Consultation9 May
- TargetTarget Date8 Jun
- DecidedDecided26 May
Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at Doctors Surgery 7 Railway Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1XG. Medway has handled 623 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Railway Street conservation area. There have been 6 other applications 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.
97% of conditions 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 1XG
- Application type
- Discharge Condition
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 9 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 17 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 9 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 June 2026
- Permission expires
- 26 May 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Insight Architects
- Agent address
- The Joiners Shop The Historic Dockyard Chatham Kent ME4 4TZ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Chantelle Farrant-Smith
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14816087
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Railway Street, Gillingham
- Article 4 direction: Gillingham South
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, 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.
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Associated applications
- 202613 Apr
Details pursuant to condition 2 (Noise) 3 (Cycle storage) on prior approval application MC/25/2120
This applicationDischarge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0701 - 202528 Oct
Prior notification for a proposed change of use from a Doctors Surgery (use class E) to 2 residential studio…
ApprovedCommercial to ResidentialPart ofMC/25/2120 - 202528 Oct
Change of use from a Doctors Surgery (use class E) to residential flats (use class C3 ) construction of a two…
ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongsideMC/25/2121
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20262 Oct
Variation of condition 2 on planning permission MC/26/0055
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)MC/26/1900 - 20261 Jul
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to allow a minor material amendment to planning permission…
RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)MC/26/1260 - 202612 May
Details pursuant to conditions 3 (Materials), 4 (Window Details), 5 (Front Garden) and 6 (Parking Management…
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0896 - 202615 Jan
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) to allow for a minor material amendment to planning permission…
Approval with ConditionsVariation of conditions (s73)MC/26/0055
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