3 Watling Avenue Darland Chatham Medway ME5 7HA
Proposal
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to children's care home (Class C2)
- Received
- 16 April 2026
- Decided
- 30 June 2026 · Approval with Conditions
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Watling
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- ReceivedSubmitted16 Apr
- ValidatedValidated24 Apr
- Consult.Consultation19 May
- TargetTarget Date2 Jul
- DecidedDecided30 Jun
Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 3 Watling Avenue Darland Chatham Medway ME5 7HA. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Medway's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Watling. We hold 459 applications in total for the ME5 postcode area.
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Associated applications
- 202613 Aug
Details pursuant to condition 4 (Cycle parking) on planning permission MC/26/0724
RefusedDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1524 - 202616 Apr
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to children's care home (Class C2)
This applicationApproval with ConditionsFullMC/26/0724
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Watling
- 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.
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