St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP
Proposal
Details of Biodiversity Gain Plan pursuant to 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
- 30 July 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 7 November 2026
- Council
- Medway Council
- Ward
- Fort Pitt
- ReceivedReceived30 Jul
- ValidatedValidated30 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided
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About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at St John Fisher School 79 Maidstone Road Chatham Medway ME4 6DP. Medway has handled 5,390 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 July 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 108 applications across Fort Pitt. We hold 450 applications in total for the ME4 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- ME4 6DP
- Parish
- Not Available
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 July 2026
Applicant and agent
Aldi Stores Limited
Company number 02321869
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 Nov 1988 (37 years old)
- Nature of business
- Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating; Activities of head offices
- Registered office
- Warwickshire
- Accounts overdue
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Company information from Companies House.
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Tom Stubbs
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Maidstone Road, Chatham
- 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.
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.
Planning history at this site
14 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Aug
Details pursuant to condition 12 (Lighting) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1402 - 202612 Jun
Details pursuant to condition 14 (Landscape management plan) on planning permission MC/25/0753
PendingDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1118 - 202627 May
Details pursuant to condition 11 (Biodiversity enhancement) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/1018 - 202615 May
Details pursuant to condition 6 (Drainage Scheme) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0928 - 202613 May
Application for a non-material amendment to planning permission MC/25/0753
ApprovedNon-material amendmentMC/26/0909 - 20261 May
Details pursuant to condition 10 (acoustic assessment - mechanical plant) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0831 - 202630 Apr
Details pursuant to condition 9 (Materials) on planning permission MC/25/0753
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0826 - 202620 Apr
Application for a Non-Material Amendment to planning permission MC/25/0753
ApprovedNon-material amendmentMC/26/0748 - 202620 Mar
Conversion of the existing building to accommodate up to 11 residential units, (demolition of existing…
PendingFull ApplicationMC/26/0561 - 202616 Feb
Details pursuant to condition 8 (sample panel for new wall) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0284 - 202610 Feb
Details pursuant to condition 3 (Contamination investigation) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0242 - 202619 Jan
Details pursuant to condition 4 (CEMP for ecology) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0073 - 202619 Jan
Details pursuant to condition 7 (method statement wall demolition) on planning permission MC/25/0753
Discharge of ConditionsDischarge of conditionsMC/26/0074 - 20254 Feb
Prior Notification under Schedule 2 Part 11 Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted…
WithdrawnDemolition NotificationMC/25/0203
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