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31 - 35 Balmoral Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QB

MC/26/1152Office to residentialApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 12 August 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required - Approved

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Notification for the proposed change of use from a office building (Class E) to a dwelling House (Class C3) to provide a 4-bedroom house.

Received
17 June 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Gillingham South
Agent
Cyma Architects LTD
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 31 - 35 Balmoral Road Gillingham Medway ME7 4QB. Medway has handled 5,390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Gillingham South. We hold 1,825 applications in total for the ME7 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
ME7 4QB
Application type
Office to residential
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2026
Consultation expiry
10 July 2026
Consultation end
10 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 July 2026
Last date for comments
10 July 2026
Target decision date
12 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Cyma Architects LTD
Agent address
55 The OId High Street Folkestone Kent CT20 1RN

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Shardlow
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
22
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Gillingham South
  • Brownfield land register: Land at 1-3 Connaught Road GillinghamRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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