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698 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0LJ

MC/26/0792HouseholderApproved

Approved on 19 June 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions3 conditions

Proposal

Single storey rear extension and associated modification of fenestration.

Received
27 April 2026
Ward
Hempstead & Wigmore
Agent
Refine Architecture Ltd.
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target25 Jun
  5. Decided19 Jun

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 698 Maidstone Road Rainham Gillingham Medway ME8 0LJ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Hempstead & Wigmore. We hold 802 applications in total for the ME8 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
ME8 0LJ
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2026
Consultation expiry
22 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
30 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
22 May 2026
Last date for comments
22 May 2026
Target decision date
25 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Refine Architecture Ltd.
Architect profile
REFINE ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Unit 04 Grove Dairy Farm Bobbing Hill Sittingbourne Kent ME9 8NY

Planning decision

Case officer
Joshua Odell
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14851570
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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