78 First Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2LQ
Approved on 7 August 2026
Council decision: Approval with Conditions3 conditions
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Proposal
Construction of a single storey extension to rear
- Received
- 15 June 2026
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Watling
- ReceivedReceived
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation7 Jul
- TargetTarget Date11 Aug
- DecidedDecided7 Aug
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at 78 First Avenue Gillingham Medway ME7 2LQ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Medway's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Watling. 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 2LQ
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 June 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 7 July 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 July 2026
- Last date for comments
- 7 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 August 2026
- Decision issued
- 6 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- 1 Discovery Road Bearsted ME15 8HF
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Justin Kazembe
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Watling
- 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.
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