311 Canterbury Street Gillingham Medway ME7 5XN
Refused on 2 September 2026
Council decision: Refusal
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Proposal
Change of use from Class C3 to Class C4 as a small HMO for up to 6 occupants, with minor internal alterations cycle store to rear and bin stores to front.
- Received
- 15 April 2026
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Gillingham South
- Agent
- Incollective Limited
- ReceivedReceived15 Apr
- ValidatedValidated12 May
- Consult.Consultation13 Jun
- TargetTarget Date2 Sep
- DecidedDecided2 Sep
Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 311 Canterbury Street Gillingham Medway ME7 5XN. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5XN
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 13 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 19 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 13 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 13 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Incollective Limited
- Agent address
- Gatcombe House Copnor Road Portsmouth PO3 5EJ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Amy Shardlow
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14858184
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
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.
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