St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP

MC/26/1402Pending Decision

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Details pursuant to condition 12 (Lighting) on planning permission MC/25/0753 for Demolition of existing buildings and structures and construction of a new food retail store (Use Class E(a)), with access, car and cycle parking, landscaping and associated works.

Received: 10 August 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 15 October 2026
Council: Medway Council
Ward: Fort Pitt

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

ReceivedSubmitted10 Aug
ValidatedValidated10 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

This is a planning application for demolition at St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP. Medway has handled 5,244 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 10 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Maidstone Road Chatham conservation area. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across Fort Pitt. We hold 433 applications in total for the ME4 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

MC/26/1402

Address

St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP

Postcode

ME4 6DP

Local Authority

Medway

Decision Status

Undecided

Current Status

Registered

Ward

Fort Pitt

Parish

Not Available

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

23 July 2026

Date Validated

10 August 2026

Date Submitted

10 August 2026

Decision Issued

5 October 2026

Planning Decision

Decision

Discharge of Conditions

Case Officer

Tom Stubbs

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

Coordinates

51.374390, 0.521900

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Medway

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Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Maidstone Road, ChathamPart of the site
Article 4 direction: Fort Pitt+1 more
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.

© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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