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89 Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5NQ

MC/26/1016Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - ExistingPending Decision
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for the continuous use of the existing (Class C3) dwelling house as a (Class C4) six person (HMO) property.

Received
27 May 2026
Target decision date
22 July 2026
Ward
Gillingham South
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Jul
  5. Decided
8 weeks typical decision time in Medway94% of amendment applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an application to amend a permission at 89 Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5NQ. Medway has handled 235 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 30 days. It was submitted on 27 May 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 151 applications across Gillingham South. We hold 1,804 applications in total for the ME7 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
MC/26/1016
Address
89 Rainham Road Gillingham Medway ME7 5NQ
Postcode
ME7 5NQ
Local Authority
Medway
Application Type
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Existing
Scale / Size
Small
Ward
Gillingham South

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Planners & Architects
Agent Address
443 Streatham High Road London SW16 3PH

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
27 May 2026
Target Decision Date
22 July 2026
Date Validated
27 May 2026
Date Submitted
27 May 2026

Planning Decision

Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14964184
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
4
Coordinates
51.373783, 0.551554
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: Gillingham South
  • 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.

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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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