16 Medway Street Chatham Medway ME4 4HA
Approved on 9 July 2026
Council decision: Approval with Conditions4 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use from a existing vacant ancillary plant room serving the residential development (Use Class C3), into a sales suite to support the marketing and sale of the residential apartments within the wider development (Use Class E(g)(i). The sales suite will include a reception area, display and marketing boards, a meeting area for prospective purchasers, and associated staff accommodation including office space and welfare facilities. ancillary to the residential development, supporting the marketing and sale of the residential units within the wider developments.
- Received
- 1 May 2026
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Fort Pitt
- Agent
- GDM Architects
- ReceivedReceived1 May
- ValidatedValidated1 May
- Consult.Consultation3 Jun
- TargetTarget Date26 Jun
- DecidedDecided9 Jul
Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 16 Medway Street Chatham Medway ME4 4HA. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Star Hill to Sun Pier conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Fort Pitt. We hold 450 applications in total for the ME4 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
- ME4 4HA
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 3 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 12 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 3 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- GDM Architects
- Agent address
- The Master's House College Road Maidstone ME156YF
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Sam Pilbeam
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14900360
- Documents
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Star Hill to Sun Pier
- Article 4 direction: Fort Pitt
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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.
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