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Land South Of Innovation Centre Medway Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME5 9FD

MC/26/1255Full ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Construction of an 80-bed care home and 11 adult social care units (Class C2) together with associated access, parking and hard and soft landscaping

Received
1 July 2026
Decision due
30 September 2026
Public comments
3 · last counted 15 October 2026
Ward
Fort Horsted
Agent
DHA Planning
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 28 July.

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land South Of Innovation Centre Medway Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME5 9FD. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Fort Horsted. 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 9FD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2026
Consultation expiry
30 July 2026
Consultation start
7 July 2026
Consultation end
28 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
27 July 2026
Last date for comments
30 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
DHA Planning
Agent address
Eclipse House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Case officer
Sam Pilbeam
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 July 2026
Advertisement expiry
30 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14875855
Documents
75
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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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