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191 Castle Road Chatham Medway ME4 5HZ

MC/26/0798Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 23 June 2026

Council decision: Approval

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (existing) to establish the use as a 6 person house in multiple occupation (Class C4)

Received
28 April 2026
Ward
Chatham Central & Brompton
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 191 Castle Road Chatham Medway ME4 5HZ. Medway has handled 235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Chatham Central & Brompton. We hold 450 applications in total for the ME4 postcode area.

94% of amendment 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
ME4 5HZ
Application type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2026
Target decision date
23 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
AA Drafting Solutions
Architect profile
AA DRAFTING SOLUTIONS LTD
Agent address
3-7 Sunnyhill Road London SW16 2UG

Planning decision

Case officer
Stephie Theedom
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14889966
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Chatham Central & Brompton+1 more
  • 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.

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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