1 King Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1EY
Approved on 15 September 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Required - Approved4 conditions
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Proposal
Prior notification for proposed change of use from 3no. empty retail units (Class E) to five x 1bed, two x 2 bed and 1no. studio apartment (Class C)
- Received
- 21 July 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 6 November 2026
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Gillingham South
- Agent
- Design Quarter UK Ltd
- ReceivedReceived21 Jul
- ValidatedValidated21 Jul
- Consult.Consultation13 Aug
- TargetTarget Date15 Sep
- DecidedDecided15 Sep
Decided in 56 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at 1 King Street Gillingham Medway ME7 1EY. 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 1EY
- Application type
- Retail to residential
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 July 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 13 August 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 13 August 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 July 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 August 2026
- Last date for comments
- 13 August 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Design Quarter UK Ltd
- Agent address
- 30 Fieldfare Drive Maidstone Kent ME15 6XL
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Chantelle Farrant-Smith
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-15092477
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Gillingham South
- Brownfield land register: 82 Jeffery Street, 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
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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