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18 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY

MC/26/0974Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 September 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions2 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Construction of a detached dwelling house with garage, landscaping and associated parking - demolition of existing

Received
21 May 2026
Ward
Hempstead & Wigmore
Agent
Mark Carter Associates
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated21 May
  3. Consult.16 Jun
  4. Target16 Jul
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 18 Houghton Avenue Hempstead Gillingham Medway ME7 3RY. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Hempstead & Wigmore. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the ME7 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
ME7 3RY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 May 2026
Consultation expiry
17 June 2026
Consultation start
26 May 2026
Consultation end
16 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
27 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 June 2026
Last date for comments
17 June 2026
Target decision date
16 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Mark Carter Associates
Agent address
Design Studio Priestfield Stadium Priestfield Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4DD

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Shardlow
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14945368
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
3

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    2 Sep

    Construction of a detached dwelling with associated parking

    ApprovedFullMC/26/1660

Source: Medway

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