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168 Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME5 7EN

MC/26/0804Full ApplicationPermitted
Full

Proposal

Installation of shop front

Received
29 April 2026
Decided
15 September 2026 · Approval with Conditions
Public comments
0 · last counted 19 October 2026
Ward
Watling
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated13 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Jun
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 64 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 at 168 Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME5 7EN. 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 139 days, 12 weeks longer than Medway's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Watling. We hold 461 applications in total for the ME5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
MC/26/0804
Address
168 Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME5 7EN
Postcode
ME5 7EN
Local Authority
Medway
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Ward
Watling
Parish
Not Available

Applicant & Agent

ApplicantPrivate applicant

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
29 April 2026
Consultation Expiry
13 June 2026
Target Decision Date
9 July 2026
Date Decided
15 September 2026
Date Validated
13 July 2026
Date Submitted
29 April 2026
Consultation Start
20 May 2026
Consultation End
11 June 2026
Neighbour Consultation Start
22 May 2026
Neighbour Consultation End
13 June 2026
Last Date for Comments
13 June 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Approval with Conditions
Case Officer
Jacky Olsen
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14780408
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
2
Coordinates
51.373120, 0.553155
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.

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 2026-10-09. 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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