Fort Pitt Grammar School Fort Pitt Hill Chatham Medway ME4 6TJ
Approved on 14 July 2026
Council decision: Approval with Conditions3 conditions
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Proposal
Construction of a first floor extension over existing sports hall to front together with installation of an external fire escape staircase and alterations to the external paving
- Received
- 26 May 2026
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Fort Pitt
- Agent
- Pringle.Design Limited
- ReceivedReceived26 May
- ValidatedValidated26 May
- Consult.Consultation18 Jun
- TargetTarget Date21 Jul
- DecidedDecided14 Jul
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at Fort Pitt Grammar School Fort Pitt Hill Chatham Medway ME4 6TJ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the New Road Rochester 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 6TJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 25 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 28 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 25 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Pringle.Design Limited
- Agent address
- 32 The Drive Wallington SM6 9LX
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Arron Nicholls
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 June 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 June 2026
- Site notice start
- 28 May 2026
- Site notice end
- 18 June 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: New Road, Rochester
- Article 4 direction: Fort Pitt
- Tree Preservation OrderNext to the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, 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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Source: Medway
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