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49 Priestfield Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4RE

MC/26/0767Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Proposal

Change of use of six bed house to six person HMO (C4); loft conversion with dormer with 1 rooflight to the rear and 3 roof light to the front

Received
22 April 2026
Decided
3 August 2026 · Refusal
Public comments
7
Ward
Watling
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided3 Aug

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Medway89% of full applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 49 Priestfield Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4RE. 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 103 days, 7 weeks longer than Medway's median. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Watling. We hold 1,804 applications in total for the ME7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
MC/26/0767
Address
49 Priestfield Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4RE
Postcode
ME7 4RE
Local Authority
Medway
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Rejected
Ward
Watling
Parish
Not Available

Applicant & Agent

ApplicantPrivate applicant
Agent
Planning Geek
Architect ProfilePLANNING GEEK LTD
Agent Address
Elizabeth House Enterprize Way London SE8 3PY

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
22 April 2026
Consultation Expiry
27 May 2026
Target Decision Date
23 June 2026
Date Decided
3 August 2026
Date Validated
28 April 2026
Date Submitted
22 April 2026
Consultation Start
1 May 2026
Consultation End
23 May 2026
Neighbour Consultation Start
5 May 2026
Neighbour Consultation End
27 May 2026
Last Date for Comments
27 May 2026
Committee Meeting
29 July 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Refusal
Case Officer
Amy Shardlow
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
7
Documents
21
Constraints
3
Coordinates
51.384980, 0.558113
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Medway

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Planning constraints

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

  • 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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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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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