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The Joiners Shop Main Gate Road Historic Dockyard Chatham Medway ME4 4TZ

MC/26/1376Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 October 2026

Council decision: Approval with Conditions2 conditions

Proposal

Change of use of the Engineers Workshop from educational accommodation (Class F1) to commercial office accommodation (Class E(g)(i)) with associated internal alterations

Received
20 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 2 November 2026
Ward
Chatham Central & Brompton
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Aug
  4. Target14 Sep
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Joiners Shop Main Gate Road Historic Dockyard Chatham Medway ME4 4TZ. Medway has handled 2,531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Medway's typical decision time. The site is in the Chatham Historic Dockyard conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Chatham Central & Brompton. We hold 450 applications in total for the ME4 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
ME4 4TZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2026
Consultation expiry
13 August 2026
Consultation start
21 July 2026
Consultation end
11 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
21 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 August 2026
Last date for comments
13 August 2026
Target decision date
14 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Jonathon Simon
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 July 2026
Advertisement expiry
13 August 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15096306
Documents
9
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Chatham Historic Dockyard
  • Article 4 direction: Chatham Central & Brompton
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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