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92-94 Park House, Age Uk Hopewell Drive Princes Park Chatham Medway ME5 7PY

MC/26/1121Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 31 July 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a class B2 to class E(f) to be used as a community day centre for people living with dementia. (Previously planning permission for change of use was granted for units 4 & 5, but this expired in 2019 MC/09/2078 - change of use B1 to D1). No changes will be carried out with the current layout.

Received
12 June 2026
Ward
Princes Park
Agent
Hazle McCormack Young LLP
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Aug
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 92-94 Park House, Age Uk Hopewell Drive Princes Park Chatham Medway ME5 7PY. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Princes Park. We hold 479 applications in total for the ME5 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
ME5 7PY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2026
Target decision date
7 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Hazle McCormack Young LLP
Agent address
Leap House Frog Lane Tunbridge Wells TN1 1YT

Planning decision

Case officer
Arron Nicholls
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14978959
Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Luton
  • 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.

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.

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