8 Abbey Road Gillingham ME8 6AP
Refused on 6 August 2026
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate (existing) for continuous use of existing annex as a residential flat.
- Received
- 11 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Twydall
- Agent
- Town Planning Law Advocates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived11 Jun
- ValidatedValidated11 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date6 Aug
- DecidedDecided6 Aug
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 8 Abbey Road Gillingham ME8 6AP. Medway has handled 235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Twydall. We hold 802 applications in total for the ME8 postcode area.
94% of amendment 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
- ME8 6AP
- Application type
- Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Existing
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Town Planning Law Advocates Ltd
- Agent address
- Kemp House 160 City Road London EC1V 2NX
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Chantelle Farrant-Smith
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14995346
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202625 Aug
Variation of condition 2, and 3 on MC/22/1567
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)MC/26/1625 - 202222 Jun
Construction of a single storey extension to rear attaching to an existing extension - demolition of existing…
RefusedHouseholderMC/22/1567 - 202122 Oct
Construction of a single storey extension to rear attaching to an existing extension - demolition of existing…
RefusedHouseholderMC/21/3083 - 20216 May
Application for a non-material amendment to planning application MC/20/0646
Approval with ConditionsNon-material amendmentMC/21/1299 - 202010 Mar
Construction of a granny annex with rooflights to the rear garden of the dwelling
Approval with ConditionsHouseholderMC/20/0646 - 201920 Nov
Construction of hip to gable roof extension, together with roof lights to the front and dormer to the rear…
Approval with ConditionsHouseholderMC/19/3045
Source: Medway
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